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Labour Market Review 2020
The RCN’s annual Labour Market Review (LMR) examines the shape, size and state of the nursing labour market, analysing trends in the employment and training of nursing staff across the UK economy.
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Moving forwards – Road Map to the Future
Cess Wigley reflects on the South East's Black History Month event and the knowledge and advice shared by the inspiring speakers.
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SenseMaker: the lived experience of nursing in Northern Ireland during a pandemic 2020/2021
This publication is a summary report of a qualitative survey commissioned by RCN Northern Ireland to identify nurses’ experience of delivering care and treatment across a range of settings during the period April 2020 to March 2021. Not only was 2020 the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, but the timeframe also coincided with a major public health crisis caused by COVID-19. This makes the nurses’ experiences even more significant as it provides a unique social history of nursing during a 21st Century global pandemic.
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Avoiding being a diversity wrecking ball
It’s LGBTQ+ pride month. A time to celebrate the rich and diverse human beings who make our society so fabulous.
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Time for Pride
June is Pride Month, a time for the LGBTQ+ community to celebrate the progress over the years in our march to achieve equality and rights.
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FPFN A4 landscape public engagement poster
Showing you support nursing staff taking strike action has never been easier. Our print-at-home posters are a great place to start.
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FPFN A4 portrait public engagement poster
Showing you support nursing staff taking strike action has never been easier. Our print-at-home posters are a great place to start.
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How to safely support and promote play within health care settings
This publication provides guidance to staff working across the health and care setting on the use of play materials and equipment to facilitate play. The importance of play cannot be underestimated and consideration of infection prevention and control elements is central to supporting its continuity for children and young people receiving care
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Impact of the RCN independent critique (March 2021) of the evidence underpinning infection prevention and control for COVID-19 in the United Kingdom
In December 2021, the RCN commissioned a follow-up to its March 2021 independent review of the evidence underpinning infection prevention and control for COVID-19 in the UK. This latest critique suggests that the methodology adopted to conduct the rapid review of evidence (November 2021) underpinning IPC guidance at that time, did not meet the required standards that should be used in order to undertake an informed rapid review when a pandemic has reached an advanced stage.
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Staffing for Safe and Effective Care: State of the nation’s labour nursing market 2022
This report examines nursing workforce data from January 2020 through the COVID-19 pandemic, to the present day. In the past two years, the complex external context has only highlighted and exacerbated existing, long-standing issues with health and care workforce supply and retention in the UK. This document sets out the nursing workforce picture in the UK – as far as the limited and inconsistent data allows.
