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461 blog posts
  • Felicia Cox Felicia Cox 6 Apr 2023

    Pessimism for specialism

    How one report spearheaded a specialism revolution and why we must now protect the vital specialist roles it created.

  • Bernadette Miller Bernadette Miller 5 Apr 2023

    Introducing your new NW rep on the RCN Stewards Committee

    My name is Bernie Miller and I took up the post of North West representative on the RCN Stewards’ Committee earlier this year.

  • Pat Cullen Pat Cullen 31 Mar 2023

    Your vote is vital

    The consultation on a new NHS pay offer for 2023-24 is now open and Pat Cullen urges members in England to engage with the offer in full. 

  • Tracey McErlain-Burns Tracey McErlain-Burns 30 Mar 2023

    Welcome to Tracey McErlain-Burns, newly elected Chair of the RCN Yorkshire and the Humber Board

    Hello, my name is Tracey McErlain-Burns and I am the new chair of the RCN Yorkshire and the Humber regional board.

  • Sheilabye Sobrany Sheilabye Sobrany 29 Mar 2023

    A month of inspirational member action and results

    RCN President Sheila Sobrany reflects on a busy month packed with inspirational stories of members coming together to represent their commitment to the nursing profession and celebrate their diversity.

  • Professor Donna Mead OBE Professor Donna Mead OBE 28 Mar 2023

    What Nursing means to me

    Nursing has been my life. From my experience as very young child undergoing multiple orthopaedic operations, I knew I wanted to be a nurse. 

  • Linzi McIlroy Linzi McIlroy 27 Mar 2023

    Nurses working in general practice

    In RCN Northern Ireland we have a very successful General Practice Nurse (GPN) network for nurses and nursing associates working in primary care. 

  • Sarah Murphy Sarah Murphy 23 Mar 2023

    World Tuberculosis Day 2023

    24 March marks World Tuberculosis Day 2023. This blog is about TB and role of the TB Specialist Nurse.

  • Millie Simms Millie Simms 23 Mar 2023

    Connecting and empowering General Practice Nurses across London

    Millie Simms, our Lead Nurse for Independent Health and Social Care (IHSC) in London, discusses her work to support General Practice Nurses (GPNs) as part of the GPN Monthly Meeting Group.

  • Pat Cullen Pat Cullen 20 Mar 2023

    Negotiating pay

    What happened in the five weeks between England’s last day of strike action and the announcement of the government pay offer last Thursday?