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Debates
View the full list of debates.
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Safety critical nurse-to-patient ratios
Setting limits on the maximum number of patients per registered nurse in every UK care setting
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Research events
The RCN Research Society runs a number of events throughout the year, including the annual International Nursing Research Conference and the Winifred Raphael Memorial Lecture.
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The nursing role
Learn more about the role of the nurse in end of life care and the skills required to support patients and their families during this difficult time.
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Strike action for fair pay continues into 2024 at the Care Plus Group
Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) employed by Care Plus Group (CPG) are taking a week of industrial strike action from Monday 8 January 2024. They will be striking for five days from 7.00am on Monday 8 January to 8.00am on Saturday 13 January 2024 (inclusive).
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Royal College of Nursing calls strike action in Northern Ireland and urges politicians to act on nursing pay
Rita Devlin, Director of the RCN in Northern Ireland said: “It has been four years since nurses in Northern Ireland first took strike action to ensure pay parity with colleagues in England and Wales. It is nothing short of immoral that we have been put in this position once again and are the lowest paid nursing staff in the UK. What an indictment on how we treat health care workers and the value we place on them."
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POLICY: Scottish Parliament consultation on a proposed Right to Palliative Care Bill
RCN Scotland agrees that access to palliative care needs to be improved and is sympathetic to the proposed Bill
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Research projects
RCN Foundation funded projects and success stories
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Celebrating success... Alcohol care in Sheffield
Sheffield’s Alcohol Care Team is a newly developed service which provides support to patients with alcohol dependence; reducing repeat hospital stays and improving lives. Now they are celebrating winning two awards from their trust, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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University financial crisis is threat to nursing courses, RCN warns
Higher education nursing staff in Scotland have warned that the financial crisis in universities is a threat to nursing courses.
