News

All the latest on current nursing issues, including employment matters, health and safety in the workplace, public health policy and clinical skills, as well as updates on the work of the RCN.

26 Mar 2025
Spring statement 'missed opportunity for investment in nursing'

With the deadline for your NHS pay award looming, and expected to be missed, the chancellor's spring statement leaves nursing staff in the dark
26 Mar 2025
‘Sort out the nursing crisis’, RCN General Secretary tells MPs

Scrapping of NHS England must mean tangible improvements for patients and nursing staff, Professor Nicola Ranger said in an appearance at a cross-party committee of MPs
25 Mar 2025
Corridor care is 'a system failure', RCN tells MPs

Nursing staff met with MPs and peers to reiterate our calls for sufficient funding to end care in inappropriate settings
21 Mar 2025
Student loan forgiveness would keep nurses in profession for up to a decade longer

Nursing education must see investment from ministers, as an RCN report reveals the positive impact funding could have on staff numbers and patient care
18 Mar 2025
COVID inquiry: 'Clinical and nursing voice absent' from PPE procurement

The RCN's Rose Gallagher tells the inquiry it was “upsetting” that nursing expertise was ignored when making PPE decisions
17 Mar 2025
Long COVID: lack of government action 'shameful'

Nursing staff are still being denied access to vital financial support after having their lives torn apart by long COVID
14 Mar 2025
NHS Staff Survey: results should ‘send shockwaves through government’

New data reveals nursing staff in England face discrimination, overworking and abuse while at work
13 Mar 2025
Abolishing NHS England: ‘Government must not lose sight of the public’s priorities’

It’s essential the nursing voice is included in decisions, and the chief nurse must have a place alongside new medical directors under the plans
11 Mar 2025
 The King celebrates 1000th nursing cadet as scheme renamed in his honour 

His Majesty met cadets at RCN headquarters in London today, and saw demonstrations of skills acquired through the scheme
7 Mar 2025
Hundreds more migrant care workers facing exploitation, RCN warns

Lack of government action is failing internationally recruited nursing staff – exploitation in the care sector must be investigated urgently