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RCN factsheet: Friends and family test
Short briefing on the introduction of the Friends and Family test which will require all providers of NHS funded acute services for inpatients and patients discharged from A&E to ask patients whether they would recommend the service.
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Future of nursing: Analysis on the global direction of travel for the nursing profession
This RCN briefing identifies key trends that have emerged from national vision strategies in England, the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Northern Ireland and complement the RCN’s This is nursing initiative which looks at the reality of nursing and outlines areas for further investment in education, regulation and leadership.
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Government consultation on balance of EU and UK competences and health
The UK government is consulting on the impact of the European Union on many sectors in the UK, including health. The consultations from different government departments will take place over a period of two years and will be completed before the next general election, and health is one of the first. The RCN will be responding in relation to EU competences in health and their impact on nursing. This RCN briefing is about the types of issues covered in the Department of Health’s (DH) call for evidence.
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‘Scenes of the wildest description’
Professor Claire Chatterton remembers the Radcliffe strikers 100 years on from the explosive events
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Starving while caring
History of Nursing Forum member Jane Brooks looks at the importance of feeding and nutrition through the eyes of interned nurses caring for prisoners of war during the Second World War
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‘History shows that when members act, they are formidable’
For more than 200 years, trade unions have been advocating for workers. But what have they achieved? And is industrial action an effective way to drive change?
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Nursing on the factory floor
From coal mines to factories, Tracey explains how occupational health nursing has evolved with the times
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'Fearless about being first'
How a Nigerian nurse’s determination to tackle cultural norms in the mid-20th Century led her to become one of the most influential nursing leaders in British history
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Empire, racism and the NHS: the history of sickle cell disorder
Dr Grace Redhead explores the vital role nurses played in creating specialist sickle cell services
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What emotional qualities make the perfect nurse?
Our new exhibition explores how expectations of nurses have evolved over 150 years
