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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...
Updated: 24 January 2023 -
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."
Updated: 9 January 2023 -
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 identifie...
Updated: 5 July 2021 -
Reps Campaign Resource Pack
These resource packs can be used to help RCN reps develop their campaign strategy and tactics.
Updated: 4 February 2021 -
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.
Updated: 6 January 2023 -
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 comm...
Updated: 4 February 2021 -
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...
Updated: 7 October 2021 -
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.
Updated: 4 February 2021 -
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 ...
Updated: 4 February 2021 -
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 increasin...
Updated: 4 February 2021