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Cancer care professionals' views wanted
Published: 28 March 2013
If you are a cancer care professional, your views are wanted to shape the support on offer to patients to help them make healthy lifestyle changes.
RCN welcomes investment in supervisory roles
Published: 28 March 2013
The Royal College of Nursing in the West Midlands has welcomed the news that Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (HEFT) will be investing £1.4m to facilitate the introduction of supervisory ward sisters/charge nurses across the wards of its three main Hospital sites.
Embracing technology – the future of nursing care
Published: 12 March 2013
The RCN is running a half-day workshop at the prestigious British Computer Society Healthcare Computing conference, which is being held at The ICC in Birmingham on 16-17 April 2013, to give nursing staff an opportunity to focus on how they can influence the provision of high quality, person-centred, safe and effective care underpinned by the use of technology and informatics.
Nursing conference highlights compassionate care and focuses on the future
Published: 01 March 2013
More than 100 clinical leaders from across the NHS and independent sector gathered at the Hallmark Hotel in Derby yesterday to discuss the challenge of maintaining and improving care standards at a time of major upheaval and financial restraint in the health service.
Films reveal a passion for compassion
Published: 12 February 2013
The passion and personal touch that the Royal College of Nursing believes typifies the practice of the vast majority of nurses is showcased in a series of films designed to champion the fundamentals of delivering high-quality, compassionate care.
Public given the chance find out more about nursing icon at free event
Published: 02 October 2012
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN), together with the University of Wolverhampton, is giving the public the opportunity to find out more about Mary Seacole, an icon of nursing and one of the greatest Black Britons, as part of its work to celebrate Black History Month.
Health care workers invited to Coventry Conference
Published: 09 August 2012
For the fourth year running, the Royal College of Nursing has joined forces with the University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW) to host a Healthcare Support Worker Conference on Thursday 11 October 2012.
Nurse Cathy clinches Olympic place
Published: 22 June 2012
A Royal College of Nursing steward has been chosen to officiate in the showpiece athletics competition at the London 2012 Olympics.
Proposed change to Birmingham branch boundary
Published: 13 June 2012
The RCN is consulting members employed by Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust on a change to the branch they are affiliated to.
The sun shines on RCN’s Mary Seacole stand
Published: 29 May 2012
The RCN West Midlands Regional Office took full advantage of the stunning sunshine to raise awareness, and money, for the Mary Seacole Memorial Statue Appeal between Thursday 24 May and Saturday 26 May.