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21 Nov 2025
Time to celebrate Scotland's nursing support workers
It’s Nursing Support Workers’ Day this weekend, the time of year where we take time out to acknowledge and celebrate the vital contribution that nursing support workers (NSWs) across Scotland make to nursing care within our health and social care services.
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20 Nov 2025
Reflections on RCN Congress 2025
RCN Congress inspires and connects nurses across the UK. This blog highlights the Education Forum's role in debates, policy discussions, and initiatives that help shape the future of our profession.
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20 Nov 2025
Celebrating Nursing Support Workers and helping you get the most out of your RCN membership
Sandra-Jane Stock, RCN Eastern member on the RCN UK Nursing Support Workers Committee, talks about the RCN Institute of Nursing Excellence and how members can get involved.
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18 Nov 2025
Beyond the finish line: What fitness events can teach us about public health
What fitness events teach us about promoting movement, belonging, and health, and how nurses can support activity in patients, communities, and their own lives.
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14 Nov 2025
Managing diabetes in the workplace
Debbie Holder, Diabetes Inpatient Specialist Nurse and RCN Diabetes Forum Committee member reflects on this year’s World Diabetes Day theme of ‘diabetes and wellbeing’.
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14 Nov 2025
Nursing matters: we are worth more
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger updates members on pay in Northern Ireland, the case for wider pay reform and looks forward to Nursing Support Workers’ Day.
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13 Nov 2025
Partnering for better outcomes: How nurses support cancer caregivers
In this blog, Shannon explores the crucial role of carers in supporting those living with cancer and highlights Michael's extraordinary passion and dedication to championing the voice of carers in cancer care.
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13 Nov 2025
Protecting jobs for advanced level nurses in England
Following issues around ‘digital badges’ which are affecting some advanced level nurses, Wendy Preston writes about how the RCN is clear a digital badge is not mandatory and no advanced level nurse should be penalised in any way because they don’t have one.
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13 Nov 2025
Transforming my passion for learning into change as UK Learning Representatives’ Committee Member for Yorkshire & the Humber
Newly elected UK Learning Representatives’ Committee Member for Yorkshire & the Humber Tami Clayton shares how becoming a learning representative and joining the Committee has helped her turn her passion for learning into change.
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12 Nov 2025
The Voice of the Nursing Student in Wales
Richard Jones, MBE and former Chair of the RCN Wales Board, highlights how nursing students in Wales are shaping the future of healthcare through advocacy, leadership, and active engagement with the RCN, ensuring high standards of patient care and professional development.
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