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Modern Slavery and Trafficking: Guidance for Nurses and Midwives
More than 40 million people are trapped in modern slavery across the globe. This guidance (previously in pocket guide format) has been reviewed and updated to help nurses and midwives identify victims of slavery and help people find the assistance and support they need.
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Royal College of Nursing responds to NHS Providers survey on staff leaving the NHS
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “When half of the NHS needs to open food banks for its own staff, ministers’ heads should be hanging in shame. This long list from the heart of the NHS shows what’s really happening to our nation’s greatest asset and the hard working staff inside it."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Prime Minister’s Questions
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “To suggest that the incredible financial hardship nursing is facing – having to use food banks to make ends meet – is talking down the NHS is missing the point entirely. Nursing will be dismayed by her dismissive response to the reality they face. They are struggling – at home and work – like never before."
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Fair Pay For Nursing Representative Information Leaflet
Information for RCN representatives about the RCN Fair Pay For Nursing campaign.
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Royal College of Nursing General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen, said: “Our thoughts are with Her Majesty’s family during this difficult time. She will be missed by nursing staff across the UK.”
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Guidance for Nurses and Midwives to Support Those Affected by Domestic Abuse
Domestic abuse is a significant safeguarding issue in all societies and is a challenge for everyone. This guidance has been reviewed and updated (previously in pocket guide format) in response to the recognition by the RCN of the need for nurses, midwives and health care support workers and all health care professionals to have an understanding of the impact of the domestic abuse of patients, clients and colleagues.
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Gender and Nursing as a Profession
This report 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.
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Royal College of Nursing responds to World Health Organisation report
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “This report calls for nursing staff and other healthcare workers to be put at the centre of the economic and social recovery after the pandemic – fair pay is a simple way to recruit and retain nursing staff and keep patients safe."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to health secretary's new plan
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: "Nursing staff provide the majority of patient care and we're concerned that, when it comes to making care safer, this announcement appears to be lacking."
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Two-thirds of the public now support nurse strike, poll shows, as Royal College of Nursing announces increased strike payments for members
Just short of two-thirds of the public now support nurses taking strike action in their fight for fair pay, polling shows, as the Royal College of Nursing increases its strike payments for members ahead of this month’s ballot of 300,000 professionals.