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CONSULTATION RESPONSE: 2024/25 NHS Standard Contract
RCN response to NHS England's consultation on 2024/25 NHS standard contract.
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West Yorkshire branch meeting
Come to your local branch meeting and learning session. Rhian Wheater, Nursing Workforce Champion and West Yorkshire branch Chair will lead a session on the nursing workforce standards and how to become a champion. This hybrid event is open to all members of the West Yorkshire branch, come along and get involved. Check which branch you belong to by logging into MyRCN. This page will be updated with further information and a booking link to join closer to the date. Read the Nursing Workforce Standards here (pdf).
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Reshaping the narrative around care homes and the nursing staff who work there
Carol Dale, our Lead Nurse for Independent Health and Social Care in Scotland, discusses the challenges facing care homes and why she still has hope for the future.
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Patients suffering as prime minister fails to tackle waiting list crisis, RCN warns, as new analysis reveals decade of misery
The prime minister has been warned that patients are being failed by his inability to tackle the waiting list crisis, as new RCN analysis of NHS England data reveals a decade of growing misery and decline for patients.
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Patient Specific Directions and Patient Group Directions
Learn more about Patient Specific Directions (PSD), which is a written instruction signed by a prescriber for medicines to be supplied and/or administered to a named patient after being assessed.
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Prescribing in pregnancy
As nursing practice advances to encompass prescribing, this resource offers signposting to further information about the principles of good practice when caring for and prescribing medication to pregnant and postnatal women.
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RCN celebrates Nurses' Day 2024
We’re highlighting our skilled nursing profession and celebrating nursing staff all weekend.
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RCN launches new definition of nursing
The nursing profession has evolved over the past few decades and is the largest profession in health and social care. As such, we’ve updated our definition, so it reflects the complexity, range of skills and huge responsibility of registered nurses and is relevant for the wider nursing workforce.
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Celebrate the difference nursing makes
I know many of you will be holding activities today and over the weekend to mark Nurses’ Day.
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Scholarships and bursaries
As a nursing professional you can apply for RCN bursaries, scholarships, RCN Foundation bursaries and Mary Seacole awards to find your professional development. Here you can find out more about these different offers and how to apply.