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.
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10 Apr 2024
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care hears concerns of nursing staff
RCN members met Victoria Atkins to share challenges facing the profession, including low pay, staff shortages, patient safety, and lack of support for overseas staff and nursing students.
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8 Apr 2024
A fresh start for nursing pay? RCN responds to government consultation
Evidence gathered from thousands of nursing staff could lead to the biggest overhaul of nursing pay since Agenda for Change was introduced 20 years ago.
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26 Mar 2024
RCN to new First Minister: 3 urgent steps to rescue Welsh NHS
Helen Whyley, Director of RCN Wales, has written to the First Minister calling for immediate action to protect patients and secure the future of nursing in Wales.
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26 Mar 2024
Pay justice needed now: research reveals depths of nursing pay cut
Above-inflation pay rise needed now, as new report shows concerning real-terms decline in public sector pay.
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25 Mar 2024
Long overdue payments for nursing staff delivering NHS care
Following campaigning by the RCN, staff on Agenda for Change contracts who aren’t directly employed by the NHS will finally receive one-off payments promised last year by the government.
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22 Mar 2024
RCN members vote to reject pay offer for nursing staff in Northern Ireland
The results of the RCN’s consultation on the HSC pay offer for nursing staff in Northern Ireland have been announced.
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22 Mar 2024
Half of England's nursing staff could quit as analysis reveals impact of decade-long attack on pay
We are reiterating the urgency of a substantial pay rise for every member of the nursing workforce.
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20 Mar 2024
COVID inquiry: RCN presents evidence on testing, PPE and staffing in the care sector
Care services were chronically under-resourced to deal with pandemic pressures and lessons must be learned, we told the inquiry.
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9 Mar 2024
Immediate action on pay and working conditions needed to halt nursing exodus, warns RCN
The government must urgently boost nursing salaries with a recruitment and retention payment alongside an above inflation pay rise for nursing staff this year.
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8 Mar 2024
RCN equity, diversity and inclusion strategy: member survey now open
Members are encouraged to share their views and attend a workshop to help shape this crucial work.
