News
All the latest on current nursing issues, including employment matters, health and safety in the workplace, public health policy and clinical skills, as well as updates on the work of the RCN.
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12 Aug 2025
Violence against nursing staff: government must tackle NHS pressures
Punching, spitting and acid attack threats are just some of the behaviours staff in emergency departments are exposed to, the RCN says
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11 Aug 2025
Graduate nurse jobs: government measures announced in England
Westminster government works with the RCN to help newly registered nurses seeking NHS employment
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8 Aug 2025
Level 7 apprenticeships funding continued following RCN action
The move is a win for the RCN after repeatedly raising concerns about the ‘damaging’ decision to remove funding back in May
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1 Aug 2025
RCN Northern Ireland lodges formal dispute over failure to implement pay award
Absence of a pay award in Northern Ireland will once again push nursing staff out of pay parity with colleagues across the UK
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31 Jul 2025
NHS and HSC pay consultations results: 3.6% is not enough
Swift investment is needed now as RCN members deliver their verdict on a broken system that holds back nursing pay and careers
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18 Jul 2025
Nominations open to sit on influential RCN committees
Now's your chance to join the RCN's trade union and professional nursing committees
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17 Jul 2025
RCN AGM 2025 outcome: members vote in favour of six resolutions
Members came together at the RCN’s Annual General Meeting to vote on six important resolutions, reflect and ask questions
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15 Jul 2025
Protect the 'nurse' title: an update
The Westminster government has said it will protect the title “nurse” in law following a campaign by nursing leaders and Dawn Butler MP. But what happens next?
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14 Jul 2025
NHS pay: ‘Nursing staff are playing constant financial catch-up’
RCN analysis reveals severe pay erosion, with band 5 nurses being the worst hit
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4 Jul 2025
COVID inquiry: ‘There were no nurses left, it was just me’
Nursing testimony at the COVID-19 inquiry highlighted that the lack of staff available in the care sector led to a distressing and inadequate level of care during the pandemic
