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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9 Apr 2025
‘Workforce planning must be based on patient need, not budgets’, says new RCN Chief Nursing Officer
Lynn Woolsey will provide strategic leadership on nursing issues including safety and education, while raising the voice and profile of the nursing workforce
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9 Apr 2025
Pay spine plans stopped: government 'failing nursing, the NHS and patients'
Nursing staff 'bitterly let down' as ministers confirm no separate pay spine for nursing
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8 Apr 2025
RCN Scotland responds to Scottish Government’s NHS pay offer for 2025-26 and 2026-27
RCN Scotland Board members are considering a pay offer for NHS Scotland staff from Scottish government.
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2 Apr 2025
New immigration rules and delayed pay could significantly impact nursing workforce
The late NHS pay award in England could see overseas nursing support workers ineligible for visa renewals
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1 Apr 2025
NHS pay: your increase is late
Government failing to deliver on promises to nursing – staff must get significant pay rise and pay reform now
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26 Mar 2025
Spring statement 'missed opportunity for investment in nursing'
With the deadline for your NHS pay award looming, and expected to be missed, the chancellor's spring statement leaves nursing staff in the dark
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26 Mar 2025
‘Sort out the nursing crisis’, RCN General Secretary tells MPs
Scrapping of NHS England must mean tangible improvements for patients and nursing staff, Professor Nicola Ranger said in an appearance at a cross-party committee of MPs
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25 Mar 2025
Corridor care is 'a system failure', RCN tells MPs
Nursing staff met with MPs and peers to reiterate our calls for sufficient funding to end care in inappropriate settings
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21 Mar 2025
Student loan forgiveness would keep nurses in profession for up to a decade longer
Nursing education must see investment from ministers, as an RCN report reveals the positive impact funding could have on staff numbers and patient care
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18 Mar 2025
COVID inquiry: 'Clinical and nursing voice absent' from PPE procurement
The RCN's Rose Gallagher tells the inquiry it was “upsetting” that nursing expertise was ignored when making PPE decisions
