1hour2empower

Campaign: 1hour2empower

RCNi has launched a campaign calling on employers to support nurses by giving them protected time for training.

campaignThe #1hour2empower campaign urges employers to ensure their nurses can complete the equivalent of one hour per month of continuing professional development (CPD).

This will help registrants achieve the minimum 35 hours of CPD in a three-year period required by the Nursing and Midwifery Council for revalidation.

The Patients Association, Unite, and the Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) have already pledged their support.

Unite professional officer for health sector regulation Jane Beach said: ‘One hour a month is not too much to ask. And it shows a commitment to staff who are already working flat-out.’

Patients Association chief executive Katherine Murphy said: ‘Protected time should be encouraged in every ward, department and hospital.’

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Campaign news archive

Exclusive: government must recognise ‘critical importance’ of CPD for nurses

The government must recognise the critical importance of continuing professional development (CPD) to nurses, according to the body that represents the UK’s university faculties for nursing.

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‘Cuts to CPD funding will jeopardise NHS transformation plans’

Cuts to continuing professional development (CPD) funding for nurses in England could jeopardise the transformation of NHS services, the Council of Deans of Health (CoDH) has warned.

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QNI signs up to RCNi's 1hour2empower campaign

The Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) has given its backing to RCNi's #1hour2empower campaign to give nurses protected time to revalidate.

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Major social enterprise signs up to RCNi’s #1hour2empower campaign

Livewell Southwest, one of the UK’s largest social enterprise healthcare providers, has guaranteed protected CPD days for its nurses

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End of life care training 'not reaching everyone'

Training on end of life care is not reaching all nurses, according to new research that reinforces the need for better employer support in post-registration education.

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Nurses need protected time to carry out CPD

Nurses have raised concerns about their ability to meet the continuing professional development requirements of revalidation, an exclusive RCNi investigation reveals.

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Nurse revalidation ‘doomed to fail’ if staff receive no support for CPD

Hundreds of nurses say they are forced to use their annual leave to keep up with essential training requirements.

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