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RCN Nursing Education in Termination of Pregnancy Services
This report outlines the results from an online survey conducted by the RCN, across the Termination of Pregnancy services in England, Wales and Scotland, to assess the current and future education requirements of nurses, midwives and non-registered health care support workers. It provides an outline career pathway and recommendations for the future education and training needs of those providing nursing care in this health care sector.
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Joint Union Submission to the NHS Pay Review Body 2020-21
This submission focuses on the implementation of the pay agreement in England whilst providing commentary on recruitment, retention and motivation trends.
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Living in the Red
This report investigates how London’s cost of living impacts on nursing staff working in the capital. It showed that London’s high cost of living is forcing nursing staff out of the capital due to high accommodation and travel costs. Our members told us they feel less financially secure compared to 12 months ago and 57% said they are considering or planning to leave London in the next five years - up 17% from 2016. We have set out three recommendations to help address the problem.
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Futureproofing Community Children’s Nursing
This guidance is for health care professionals, service providers and those involved with planning and commissioning services. It sets out the RCN’s perspective on contemporary and future children and young people’s nursing services in the home and community setting. It also underlines the increasingly crucial role played by community children’s nurses as they provide integrated care closer to home. It explores the legislative and policy agenda, defines the role of the CCN, sets out the core principles of providing care, considers variations in how the needs of families are assessed across the four countries of the UK and outlines examples of current models of care and service delivery.
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Staffing for Safe and Effective Care in the UK
This report provides an overview of progress made against the safe staffing campaign principles during 2019. It includes country-specific updates as well as a look ahead to priorities during 2020.
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Medicines Management
This publication provides an overview to direct nurses to the most appropriate information to support specific needs. It can be used by education and learning facilitators in practice to support robust training and competence development in medicines management.
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Royal College of Nursing responds to analysis from the Nuffield Trust
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “Liz Truss must ask herself why record numbers are quitting a career they’ve loved. And, more importantly, tell us what her government will do about it. We need the prime minister to show she’s grasped the urgency here. Nursing staff know that the care they give to patients is now too often unsafe."
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RCN Submission to the Pay Review Body 2020-21
This year’s submission from the Royal College of Nursing to the Pay Review Body sets out to support the joint union submission.
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Royal College of Nursing responds to latest NHS England workforce sickness data
RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: "That a quarter of all days lost to sickness in England’s NHS are due to stress, anxiety and depression speaks volumes about the unrelenting pressure nursing is under."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to warning from NHS leaders that the new Prime Minister will inherit an NHS in its most challenging state for decades
Responding to a warning from NHS leaders that the NHS is in its most challenging state for decades, Royal College of Nursing General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “Ambulances piling up, waiting lists through the roof and nursing staff on their knees is the nightmare reality in our NHS. Without enough staff to deal with the ever-mounting crisis, patients are suffering and the NHS is increasingly close to collapse."