News
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31 Jul 2020
RCN responds to Northern Ireland Audit Office report
We need safe nurse staffing legislation now says RCN as shocking figures on workforce planning revealed
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24 Jun 2020
RCN statement regarding fit-testing for respiratory masks in HSC
RCN statement regarding fit-testing for respiratory masks in HSC
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19 Jun 2020
Safe staffing on the agenda as RCN presents evidence to NI Assembly Health Committee
RCN Northern Ireland Director Pat Cullen tells the Assembly’s Committee for Health that safe staffing must remain a priority.
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9 Jun 2020
Openness and transparency key to rebuilding services
Commenting in response to today’s publication of a strategic framework for rebuilding HSC services, Pat Cullen, Director of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in Northern Ireland said:
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15 May 2020
Nursing Exhibition to celebrate Florence Nightingale opens digitally
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in Northern Ireland has collaborated with the Florence Nightingale Foundation, Department of Health and a number of other nursing and midwifery organisations to produce an exhibition to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale and the contribution of nursing and midwifery in Northern Ireland.
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18 Apr 2020
Half of nursing staff under pressure to work without PPE, reveals RCN
Half of nursing staff, including those working in in the most high-risk environments, have felt pressure to carry out their work without the levels of protection set out in official guidance, the RCN can reveal. High-risk environments include areas where patients with or suspected of having COVID-19 were being treated on ventilators.
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24 Mar 2020
RCN raises concerns to First and Deputy First Ministers about PPE
The RCN in Northern Ireland has written to the First Minister and Deputy First Minister to demand their intervention in ensuring the sufficient supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) for nursing staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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24 Feb 2020
RCN members in Northern Ireland accept proposals on pay parity and safe staffing
Nursing staff have voted to accept an offer made in response to their historic strike action.
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5 Feb 2020
RCN Northern Ireland launches Consultative Ballot on pay and safe staffing proposals
RCN consults members on pay parity with the NHS in England and safe staffing.
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20 Jan 2020
RCN pays tribute to Professor Jean Orr CBE
Professor Jean Orr CBE passed away suddenly on 11 January.
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