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Copyright
A guide for RCN members on copyright; including ownership, duration, infringement and enforcement.
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Virtual Hearings
A guide for RCN members attending virtual hearings.
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Fixed term contracts
A guide to fixed term contracts for nurses and nursing staff.
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Gaslight
This blog has been submitted by a member who wishes to remain anonymous, for reasons that will become clear as you read it. Bullying is a common phenomenon for nurses, with around a quarter of the nursing family experiencing bullying in the past year. This blog highlights my personal experience of “gaslighting” - a specific type of bullying, and how I am gradually recovering from this.
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Commenting on the RCPCH, report Worried and Waiting.
“The finding of today’s report are truly shocking. Children across Northern Ireland are being exposed to unacceptable levels of risk by not getting timely treatment and care. We are in complete agreement with our medical colleagues that this is nothing short of a catastrophe.
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Letter to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt MP
An open letter to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt MP.
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Secretary of State for Health and Social Care hears concerns of nursing staff
RCN members met Victoria Atkins to share challenges facing the profession, including low pay, staff shortages, patient safety, and lack of support for overseas staff and nursing students.
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Coventry student wins prestigious UK nursing award for helping young people leaving mental health units
A student has won one of nursing’s top accolades for supporting young people discharged from mental health units.
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Liberal Democrat research on delayed discharges from hospital
Patricia Marquis, Executive Director of RCN England, said “Nobody should stay in hospital longer than they need to, but every day thousands remain on wards simply because the NHS can’t discharge them to where they can receive more appropriate care. This adds pressure across hospitals leaving patients waiting hours to be admitted and others being treated in corridors, doorways, and store cupboards."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to NHS Charities Together survey findings
Responding to the NHS Charities Together finding that more than three in four NHS workers have experienced mental health issues, RCN Head of Nursing Practice and Professional Lead for Mental Health Stephen Jones said: “These findings highlight just how demoralised and burnt out NHS workers really are. Nursing staff go to work to care for their patients but are being emotionally and physically pushed to the edge."
