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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15 Oct 2024
Royal College of Nursing responds to Health Service Journal report on leaked plans to attract workers into NHS technology roles
Press releaseResponding to a Health Service Journal report on leaked plans around using recruitment and retention premia to attract workers into NHS technology roles, RCN Director of Legal Services & Member Relations Joanne Galbraith-Marten said: “In these plans, the NHS shows it’s prepared to do things differently to attract talent to the NHS. When professions struggle to recruit, it sees salary enhancements as a viable option to solve a workforce issue - in this case for roles that are predominantly filled by men."
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15 Oct 2024
Royal College of Nursing responds to the New Year Honours list
Press releaseCommenting on the New Year Honours list, incoming RCN President, Sheila Sobrany, said: “All those who have been recognised in the New Year Honours should be proud to be acknowledged in this way. They demonstrate the incredible work done by nursing staff in what continues to be an extremely challenging time for the profession."
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26 Mar 2024
RCN to new First Minister: 3 urgent steps to rescue Welsh NHS
Helen Whyley, Director of RCN Wales, has written to the First Minister calling for immediate action to protect patients and secure the future of nursing in Wales.
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26 Mar 2024
Pay justice needed now: research reveals depths of nursing pay cut
Above-inflation pay rise needed now, as new report shows concerning real-terms decline in public sector pay.
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25 Mar 2024
Long overdue payments for nursing staff delivering NHS care
Following campaigning by the RCN, staff on Agenda for Change contracts who aren’t directly employed by the NHS will finally receive one-off payments promised last year by the government.
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22 Mar 2024
RCN members vote to reject pay offer for nursing staff in Northern Ireland
The results of the RCN’s consultation on the HSC pay offer for nursing staff in Northern Ireland have been announced.
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22 Mar 2024
Half of England's nursing staff could quit as analysis reveals impact of decade-long attack on pay
We are reiterating the urgency of a substantial pay rise for every member of the nursing workforce.
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20 Mar 2024
COVID inquiry: RCN presents evidence on testing, PPE and staffing in the care sector
Care services were chronically under-resourced to deal with pandemic pressures and lessons must be learned, we told the inquiry.
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9 Mar 2024
Immediate action on pay and working conditions needed to halt nursing exodus, warns RCN
The government must urgently boost nursing salaries with a recruitment and retention payment alongside an above inflation pay rise for nursing staff this year.
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8 Mar 2024
RCN equity, diversity and inclusion strategy: member survey now open
Members are encouraged to share their views and attend a workshop to help shape this crucial work.
