Guide to RCN Congress Learning and Wellbeing Programme submissions

Your Congress UK and International Learning and Wellbeing Programme 2024

RCN Congress 2024 will be held from Sunday 2 – Thursday 6 June as an in-person event.

The Congress Learning and Wellbeing Programme (LWP) is a dynamic line-up that brings together traditional fringe, student, nursing support worker and sponsor sessions, plus health and wellbeing activities. The 2024 programme is being overseen by a member-led group with representatives from across the UK.

The programme will be accessible onsite from Monday 3 – Wednesday 5 June and then, where agreed and appropriate, recordings will be available to watch on-demand after the event. Attendees will be able to choose sessions by theme to tailor Congress to their own interests.

Remember, each session also supports CPD and can be used to contribute to revalidation.

Congress 2024 will be an in-person event and it is expected that all LWP presenters, chairs and panel members will be onsite to deliver their session. For more information, please contact congress@rcn.org.uk. 

Congress 2024 UK and International Learning and Wellbeing Programme themes:

• Nursing Practice Academy: Clinical and practice development - education, learning, research, digital transformation
• Nursing Leadership Academy: Leadership and management
• Nursing Practice Academy: Regulation, quality improvement and innovation
• All Academies: Wellbeing, mental health and self-care
• Activism and Nursing Workforce Academies: Workforce – recruitment, development and retention, organising for change, safe staffing, pay, terms and conditions 

Submissions for the 2024 programme closed on Friday 5 January 2024.

What happens next?

Submitters will receive an email in February 2024 with the outcome of the review panel. We expect to receive many more submissions than we have space for on the programme so please don’t be too disappointed if your paper is not accepted.  Collaborative submissions are encouraged to bring together multiple entities and create a comprehensive programme for all delegates. 

The review panel provide feedback for everyone after the selection process has taken place.

If your paper is selected, the RCN Events Team will be in touch to provide you with guidance on how to plan for your session. The RCN’s Quality Assurance team will also provide support and guidance, and should your session be recorded, it may be selected for inclusion on RCN Learn.