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Loneliness has become a social epidemic and it’s harming health, RCN congress hears
College members want RCN to work with ministers to tackle loneliness
28 May 2019
Congress applauds fire chief over trauma support
RCN members applaud London’s fire chief for supporting staff affected by traumatic events
27 May 2019
Congress demands better healthcare in rural areas
RCN council told to lobby for better healthcare in rural areas amid ‘unsustainable pressure’
24 May 2019
Sexual harassment of nurses is too often ‘brushed aside as a misunderstanding’
Congress wants employers to provide more protection for staff
23 May 2019
Demands to show ‘resilience’ put greater pressure on nurses, congress told
Nurses struggling to cope in stressful workplaces are pressured by demands to show resilience
23 May 2019
Congress demands mandatory sepsis training
RCN members back call for mandatory sepsis training after hearing survivor’s account
23 May 2019
Multitude of nursing uniforms causing confusion in England
Congress discusses whether a national uniform should be introduced
22 May 2019
Substance misuse: ‘Doctors have a support service and so should nurses’
Congress hears of initiative to offer psychological help for nursing staff
22 May 2019
Bullying in the NHS: ‘Nurses must take collective responsibility to help tackle problem’
RCN congress hears nurses’ own accounts of workplace harassment
22 May 2019
Nursing careers: website aims to demystify the range of jobs open to staff
Online resource explains progression opportunities for registrants and support workers
22 May 2019
Nitrous oxide risks not widely understood, ‘even by nurses’
Mental health forum flags up dangers, such as breathing problems, burns and brain damage
22 May 2019
Nurses back public health strategy to prevent and reduce violence
But some at RCN congress say burden should not fall on nurses to report people at risk
22 May 2019
RCN congress rejects call to create elected general secretary
Some members believe high-profile role should be split from that of college chief executive
21 May 2019
Appeal to nurses: ‘stick by colleagues if they’re caught up in a social media storm’
Staff in controversial care cases face abuse online – with even nurses joining in
21 May 2019
RCN congress rejects call to oppose clinical supervision by non-nurses
‘Siloed thinking would mean nurses miss out on valuable expertise’
21 May 2019
Congress fringe: ‘RCN’s dual role of professional body and union only makes it stronger’
But college is failing to be a trade union for nurse academics, meeting told
21 May 2019
Matt Hancock vows to improve treatment of vulnerable people in patient-segregated wards
Current system ‘not fit for purpose’, says Care Quality Commission
21 May 2019
Members divided over whether college should rejoin ICN
International Council of Nurses ‘offers RCN a global seat’, but some question its function
21 May 2019