Covid-19 and long Covid: vaccination, tests and treatment | Nursing Times https://www.nursingtimes.net Resources for the nursing profession Mon, 20 Nov 2023 12:59:43 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://emap-moon-prod.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/07/favicon-nt192-70x70.png Covid-19 and long Covid: vaccination, tests and treatment | Nursing Times https://www.nursingtimes.net 32 32 https://www.nursingtimes.net/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif Nursing Times https://www.nursingtimes.net 125 75 Resources for the nursing profession New benefits plea for nurses and doctors with long Covid https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/new-benefits-plea-for-nurses-and-doctors-with-long-covid-20-11-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/new-benefits-plea-for-nurses-and-doctors-with-long-covid-20-11-2023/#respond Mon, 20 Nov 2023 12:59:40 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=309079 Nursing and doctor unions have again urged the UK Government to recognise long Covid as an occupational disease for healthcare workers.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/new-benefits-plea-for-nurses-and-doctors-with-long-covid-20-11-2023/feed/ 0 Covid inquiry: ‘Reluctance’ to accept NHS could hit crisis https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/covid-inquiry-reluctance-to-accept-nhs-could-hit-crisis-02-11-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/covid-inquiry-reluctance-to-accept-nhs-could-hit-crisis-02-11-2023/#respond Thu, 02 Nov 2023 13:43:39 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=308057 A former civil servant has spoken about a culture of sexism inside government at the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic, and admitted there was a “reluctance” to admit the NHS could fail under the strain.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/covid-inquiry-reluctance-to-accept-nhs-could-hit-crisis-02-11-2023/feed/ 0 ‘Very long Covid’ being experienced in one in 20 cases https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/very-long-covid-being-experienced-in-one-in-20-cases-27-10-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/very-long-covid-being-experienced-in-one-in-20-cases-27-10-2023/#respond Fri, 27 Oct 2023 15:54:45 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=307650 One in 20 people infected with Covid-19 have symptoms which last more than a year, a leading study into the virus has found.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/very-long-covid-being-experienced-in-one-in-20-cases-27-10-2023/feed/ 0 Covid-19 should be a ‘catalyst’ for global action on patient safety https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/covid-19-should-be-a-catalyst-for-global-action-on-patient-safety-21-08-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/covid-19-should-be-a-catalyst-for-global-action-on-patient-safety-21-08-2023/#respond Mon, 21 Aug 2023 15:18:53 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=292595 Lessons learned from the coronavirus pandemic should be a “catalyst for accelerating global action on patient safety”, leading clinicians from across the world have said.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/covid-19-should-be-a-catalyst-for-global-action-on-patient-safety-21-08-2023/feed/ 0 Nurses to be offered autumn Covid-19 booster vaccine https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/nurses-to-be-offered-autumn-covid-19-booster-vaccine-08-08-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/nurses-to-be-offered-autumn-covid-19-booster-vaccine-08-08-2023/#respond Tue, 08 Aug 2023 15:35:26 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=291838 Frontline health and care workers, and care home staff and residents, will be offered an autumn Covid-19 booster vaccination, it has been announced.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/nurses-to-be-offered-autumn-covid-19-booster-vaccine-08-08-2023/feed/ 0 New exhibition shows ‘toll’ of Covid-19 pandemic on nurses https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/new-exhibition-shows-toll-of-covid-19-pandemic-on-nurses-04-08-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/new-exhibition-shows-toll-of-covid-19-pandemic-on-nurses-04-08-2023/#respond Fri, 04 Aug 2023 16:10:29 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=291697 A touching tribute to the work of intensive care nurses during the Covid-19 pandemic has been unveiled at an NHS hospital.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/new-exhibition-shows-toll-of-covid-19-pandemic-on-nurses-04-08-2023/feed/ 0 Nurses call for Scottish Government to reinstate facemask guidance https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/nurses-call-for-scottish-government-to-reinstate-facemask-guidance-17-07-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/nurses-call-for-scottish-government-to-reinstate-facemask-guidance-17-07-2023/#respond Mon, 17 Jul 2023 14:02:47 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=290912 Nurses are among those who have told the Scottish Government that its decision to remove face mask guidance in health and care settings is “flawed and dangerous” .

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/nurses-call-for-scottish-government-to-reinstate-facemask-guidance-17-07-2023/feed/ 0 Nurses left out of key coronavirus pandemic planning, inquiry hears https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/nurses-left-out-of-key-coronavirus-pandemic-planning-inquiry-hears-26-06-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/nurses-left-out-of-key-coronavirus-pandemic-planning-inquiry-hears-26-06-2023/#respond Mon, 26 Jun 2023 16:50:06 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=289055 The involvement of nursing staff in coronavirus pandemic planning was "extremely limited" despite their expertise from previous epidemics, the UK Covid Inquiry has heard.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/nurses-left-out-of-key-coronavirus-pandemic-planning-inquiry-hears-26-06-2023/feed/ 0 Inquiry into UK Covid-19 response gets underway https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/inquiry-into-uk-covid-19-response-gets-underway-13-06-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/inquiry-into-uk-covid-19-response-gets-underway-13-06-2023/#respond Tue, 13 Jun 2023 13:54:35 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=288055 The first public hearing from the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has been underway today and recognised the “death, misery and incalculable loss” caused by the pandemic to date.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/inquiry-into-uk-covid-19-response-gets-underway-13-06-2023/feed/ 0 RCN highlights ongoing plight of nurses due to Covid-19 https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/rcn-highlights-ongoing-plight-of-nurses-due-to-covid-19-12-05-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/rcn-highlights-ongoing-plight-of-nurses-due-to-covid-19-12-05-2023/#respond Fri, 12 May 2023 17:10:42 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=286011 The college has renewed calls for long Covid to be recognised as an industrial disease for nurses, as it opens an exhibition about the pandemic.

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