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Royal College of Nursing responds to UCAS figures showing a fall in acceptances onto nursing courses
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “To address the staffing crisis and give the kind of care patients deserve, we need these figures to look even stronger. Sadly, they have headed in the wrong direction this year."
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New Royal College of Nursing ballot results give clearest sign yet of strike action by nursing staff across the UK
A ballot of Royal College of Nursing members in Scotland has shown the majority are willing to take part in strike action – with the RCN saying the results are the clearest sign yet that industrial action could take place across the UK later this year. In the indicative ballot of RCN members working for the NHS in Scotland over 90% voted to reject the Scottish Government’s pay offer.
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the energy price cap announcement
Responding to the energy price cap announcement, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “This latest increase in heating costs will leave many terrified about how they’ll stay warm this winter. Nursing staff I talked to this week were dreading this kind of announcement and fear a winter of impossible decisions at home."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the latest NHS performance data
Responding to the latest NHS performance data for England, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen, said: “Patients deserve better. Nursing staff are trying to deliver the best they can, but safe patient care is being undermined by the workforce crisis across health and social care."
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Looked After Children: Roles and Competencies of Healthcare Staff
Over recent years there has been a significant rise in the number of looked after children across the UK, although there are variations in trends between the four UK nations. Published by the Royal College of Nursing, with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, this publication identifies five levels of competence and gives examples of groups that fall within each of these. The competencies in the framework detail the abilities that enable staff to effectively safeguard, protect and promote the welfare, health and wellbeing of looked after children and young people, as well as care leavers.
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Reps Campaign Resource Pack
These resource packs can be used to help RCN reps develop their campaign strategy and tactics.
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Defining moment for nursing as Royal College of Nursing announces ballot dates and urges hundreds of thousands of members to support strike action
The world’s largest nursing trade union and professional body is recommending hundreds of thousands of its members to support industrial strike action in a ballot that opens in mid-September.
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Gender and Nursing as a Profession (Executive Summary)
This is a short summary of Gender and Nursing as a Profession, a report which explores and critiques the gendered construction of value within the nursing profession and evaluates how value is attributed to nursing, the value placed on individuals and the status of the profession. This work was commissioned by the Royal College of Nursing and undertaken as a collaboration between Oxford Brookes University and the RCN. The full report is available on our website, publication code 007954.
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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.