Blogs
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8 Sep 2025
Nursing expertise needs to be heard
RCN President Bejoy Sebastian reflects on his time as President so far, valuing nursing expertise and East and South East Asian Heritage month.
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8 Sep 2025
Championing nursing research - now and for years to come
Director of RCN Institute of Nursing Excellence, Professor Jane Ball, shares why nursing research matters and introduces the new RCN Research Strategy.
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5 Sep 2025
Maternal Sepsis
Maternal sepsis is a preventable but life threatening condition. Early recognition, rapid response and vigilant nursing and midwifery care saves lives. This blog explores its impact, and why it matters locally and globally.
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5 Sep 2025
Learning from Lives and Deaths: A wake-up call about learning disability nursing
The recent publication of the delayed LeDeR review shows that people with learning disabilities continue to experience catastrophic health inequalities. Commitment to address inequalities needs real commitment to registered nurses in learning disabilities.
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5 Sep 2025
From Class Clown to District Nurse ANP: My Dyslexia Journey
At school, I was the funny one, always causing a distraction. But behind the laughter was a young girl quietly struggling to keep up in the classroom. I wasn’t naturally academic, far from it, but I had a talent for covering my tracks. Humour became my shield, my way of masking the reality: I couldn’t grasp the basics like the others did.
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2 Sep 2025
My experience at the RCN Congress in Liverpool
This blog represents my reflections on attending RCN Congress 2025 as a voting member for the Perioperative Forum.
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1 Sep 2025
Building a Society of Health
Luke Evans, Chair of the Public Health Forum and host of the podcast 'Society of Health' discusses why all nurses should have an understanding of system barriers to ill health.
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29 Aug 2025
Raising Our Voices: Why I Chose to Get Involved in Activism as an Early Career Nurse
When I started my journey into nursing, I thought I’d be making a difference through care, compassion, and clinical skill. And I am. But what I didn’t expect was how deeply I’d be pulled into something bigger, activism. Advocacy. Speaking up not just for my patients, but for my peers and my profession.
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29 Aug 2025
Putting Nurses at the Heart of Genomics – Investment Must Match Ambition
Dr Stephen Jones, Head of Nursing Practice in the RCN Institute of Nursing Excellence, responds to the UK government’s plan to put nurses at the heart of a new genomics population health service.
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29 Aug 2025
2025/26 NHS pay - update
RCN Executive Director for England Patricia Marquis shares an update on the 2025/26 NHS pay situation, outlining the urgent need for structural reform and fair recognition of nursing staff across the UK.
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