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New guide aims to help nurses fight modern slavery
RCN's new pocket guide advising nurses on how to identify and raise concerns about modern...
17 May 2017
Call to support adult survivors of child sex abuse
Nurses need to be ‘professionally curious’ to help identify adult survivors of child sexual...
16 May 2017
PM condemned for RCN congress no-show
Theresa May accused of showing 'contempt' for nurses
16 May 2017
Motion to reduce practice hours defeated at congress
A motion calling for a reduction in clinical placement hours for nursing students was...
16 May 2017
Nurse debriefings are 'crucial' but doubts raised over timing...
Nurse debriefing sessions can be an effective way to provide psychological support and to...
16 May 2017
‘NHS still the fairest way to deliver healthcare’
Resolution passed at RCN congress declares UK system still offers the fairest method of...
16 May 2017
Nurses treated like ‘dirt’ by government, says Tim Farron
Nurses are being treated ‘like dirt’ by the government, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron...
15 May 2017
Corbyn pledges bursaries and safe staffing legislation
Plus EU citizens working in NHS will be given right to remain, Labour leader has pledged.
15 May 2017
‘Employers must give nurses time for training’
Some employers are withholding pay increments from nurses who do not complete statutory and...
15 May 2017
Risk to patients if nursing education not better funded, say nurses
There is ‘a real and significant’ risk to patients if nursing education is not properly...
15 May 2017
'Poor shift patterns and missed breaks'
Nurses raise concerns over the way night and day shifts run into each other.
15 May 2017
Mentors tell of students using tears – or cake – to manipulate them
Students' challenging behaviour towards mentors discussed during lively debate at RCN...
15 May 2017
Labour and Lib Dem leaders to address RCN congress
Jeremy Corbyn and Tim Farron will today address delegates in Liverpool and take questions...
15 May 2017
Janet Davies in call for safe staffing leglislation
General secretary's address to RCN congress
14 May 2017
Make your voices heard over pay, urges RCN president Cecilia Anim
RCN president Cecilia Anim has urged nurses to make their voices heard following the...
14 May 2017
Results of RCN pay poll revealed
The result of the RCN pay poll of members working in the NHS has resulted in an overwheming...
14 May 2017
Awards and impassioned speech kick off RCN congress 2017
Nurses should not be reduced to using foodbanks, said Cecilia Anim in an impassioned speech...
13 May 2017