Publications
RCN publications cover a wide range of topics varying from clinical guidance to employment relations issues to advice on bullying. To reproduce RCN publications please complete the copyright request form and we’ll be in touch.
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7 Apr 2025
Working with Dogs in Health Care Settings
Publication Code : 011 943This updated guidance highlights the precautions that should be taken when dogs are brought into various health care settings and provides clear guidance on all reasonable safeguards that should be put in place to protect patients or residents, visitors and staff. It covers the role of both the dog and the owner/handler and includes information that all organisations should take into account before allowing a dog to access their premises. This includes staff with assistance dogs as well as patients, visitors, and people and organisations who have contact or who work with assistance dogs or therapy dogs.
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3 Apr 2025
Gender Pay Gap Report 2024
Publication Code : 012 065This report outlines the statistics of the gender pay gap at the Royal College of Nursing for 2024.
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26 Mar 2025
Eyes Right: Eye care insights for every health professional
Publication Code : 011 980This guidance highlights the importance of eye care, the roles and responsibilities of the carer in delivering care and accessing the right care at the right time. It covers support for the visually impaired, mobility and living skills, ophthalmic emergencies and non-emergency conditions requiring attention.
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21 Mar 2025
Fixing the Leaking Pipeline
Publication Code : 012 012In this RCN Policy report we assess the gaps in the domestic nursing supply pipeline which (1) limit the potential output (2) cause nursing students to leave their studies and (3) lead to early career nurses leaving. Based on this, we recommend a package of interventions to fix the pipeline and resolve issues of high attrition and low output.
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21 Mar 2025
RCN Register of Interests
The purpose of this register is for members of RCN Council, Committees, Boards, external advisers and senior RCN staff to declare their interests outside of the RCN. We do this because they have a duty to act impartially and objectively, and to take steps to avoid any conflict of interest arising as a result of their membership of, or association with, other organisations or individuals.
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28 Jan 2025
Ending corridor care in Wales
Publication Code : 011 958Care in inappropriate places, or corridor care, is unsafe, undignified, and unacceptable – and it is happening across Wales. In this parliamentary briefing, we explain what corridor looks like, why it happens, and what the Welsh Government must do immediately to eradicate it. Real testimonies from RCN members illustrate the consequences of corridor care in every NHS Wales health board.
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28 Jan 2025
Ending corridor care in Wales
Publication Code : 011 959Care in inappropriate places, or corridor care, is unsafe, undignified, and unacceptable – and it is happening across Wales. In this parliamentary briefing, we explain what corridor looks like, why it happens, and what the Welsh Government must do immediately to eradicate it. Real testimonies from RCN members illustrate the consequences of corridor care in every NHS Wales health board.
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27 Jan 2025
Four Steps for Raising and Escalating Concerns poster
Publication Code : 011 971This updated workplace flowchart poster is designed to help staff and students decide whether to raise a concern and when to escalate a concern.
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16 Jan 2025
On the Frontline of the UK's Corridor Care Crisis
Publication Code : 011 944The RCN asked members to respond to a short survey at the end of December. Thousands of nursing staff responded, confirming corridor care is widespread across the UK. This report includes the raw, unedited and often heart-breaking responses of nursing staff working across the UK.
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15 Jan 2025
Raising Concerns
Publication Code : 011 950This document has been developed to help registered nurses identify and communicate concerns about issues which may impact on their ability to deliver safe, effective, and compassionate care to patients, service users and clients in their care and/or within their area of responsibility.
