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RCN responds to HSSIB report on Caring for adults with a learning disability
RCN Professional Lead for Learning Disability Nursing, Jonathan Beebee, said: “The double-edge sword of a lack of learning disability nursing staff and national guidance on service standards has created an unacceptable level of care. People with learning disabilities are being denied the quality specialist support they deserve."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the opening of the government’s consultation on agency workers covering for striking workers
Royal College of Nursing Director of Legal and Member Relations, Joanne Galbraith-Marten, said: “Rather than resolving disputes and strikes, the government is choosing to erode people’s freedoms instead. Changing the law is a clear sign they’ve lost the argument."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to National Audit Office report ‘Reforming adult social care in England’
Royal College of Nursing Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “Just a day after we hear NHS patients are being let down by ever growing record waiting lists, we learn about the catastrophic failure to invest in a social care system we’ve been repeatedly told there was a plan of reform for."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to claims of misogynistic behaviour in government during the COVID-19 pandemic
Royal College of Nursing Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “As a 90 per cent female profession, nursing staff will find today’s reminders painful. These cavalier and misogynistic attitudes left nursing staff, especially women, at even greater risk and with deadly consequences."
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Royal College of Nursing demands new negotiations following NHS consultant pay offer
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: Nursing is one of the most diverse and female-dominated professions within the public sector, and the injustice of nursing pay is also a gender issue. The greatest pay inequality in the NHS relates to nursing. This must be addressed as a matter of urgency.”
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Library and Archive Service quarterly report January-March 2018
Library and Archive Service quarterly report January-March 2018.
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International workforce in the UK after Brexit: nursing issues
Given the continuing global nursing shortage and rising demand for health and care services the UK needs to be able to attract nursing staff with the right skills and attitudes to work and remain in the sector,
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Freedom of Information Follow up Report on Management of Waste in the NHS
This follow-up report presents findings of a Freedom of Information (FOI) survey on waste management by NHS trusts in England. The survey was conducted by the RCN in spring 2017.
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RCN Response to the NMC Consultation on re-joining or staying on the register following time away from practice
This policy consultation response is based on an engagement exercise with our members using a range of activities, which included social media and direct communications with RCN Forums, our Professional Nursing Committee and via our regional networks.
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'Are You Hydrated?' poster
This poster encourages nursing staff to check their urine for signs of dehydration.