Welcome to RCN Wales

Here you'll find news, events and opinions covering the health care issues in Wales, which includes the work that we do with the National Assembly for Wales, support for members and training and development opportunities brought to you by the RCN Wales Institute. At this point in time the content of this section of the website is only available in English.

Croeso i RCN Cymru

Fan hyn, fe welwch newyddion, digwyddiadau a barnau sy'n ymdrin â'r materion gofal iechyd yng Nghymru, sy'n cynnwys y gwaith a wnawn gyda Chynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru, cymorth i aelodau a chyfleoedd hyfforddi a datblygu a gyflwynwyd i chi gan Athrofa RCN Cymru. Ar hyn o bryd, mae cynnwys y rhan hon o'r wefan ar gael yn Saesneg yn unig.

Response from RCN Wales to the Welsh Assembly Government consulatation on the Community Nursing Strategy

RCN Wales has responded to the Welsh Assembly Government consultation on the Community Nursing Strategy. We would like to thank members who helped contribute. You can read the full response below but in summary, RCN Wales:

  • Welcomes the development of a Community Nursing Strategy that will act as a framework for future development.
  • Accepts the principles of the strategy including the commitment to consistent 24 access to community nursing across Wales and the development of local nursing teams.
  • Recognises that there is more work to be done to develop areas such as e-health and children's nursing.
  • Believes there should be a Welsh Assembly Government national framework for practice nursing that encompasses cllinical standards and career structure.
  • Does not support direct employment by the NHS of all practice nurses.
  • Believes there should be a mechanism to allow at both LHB and national level the monitoring of staffing numbers, role development and uptake of CPD provision for practice staff.

Read the Welsh Assembly Government Community Nursing Strategy (Word 156KB)

Special recognition award

The closing date for nominations for the RCN Welsh Board special recognition award is Friday 26 June 2009. Members are urged to consider nominating suitable colleagues for this award which will be presented at the RCN Welsh Board conference on 30 July 2009. The special recognition award is given in acknowledgment of an individual's contribution to nursing practice, the education and development of nursing or the development of nursing as a profession. Nomination forms can be obtained from Jayne Taylor. Email: jayne.taylor@rcn.org.uk or telephone: 029 2068 0703.

Do you have something positive to SHOUT about?

RCN Wales has recently launched SHOUT! a mechanism to provide positive feedback to staff and members. SHOUT! is designed to improve RCN Wales services by learning from what we do well and applying it to the other areas of our work.

For more information on this initiative, go to RCN Wales SHOUT!

Date for your diary

Leadership and its legacy - the nursing family, the RCN Wales Conference 2009

The RCN Wales Conference 2009 will be held in Cardiff on Thursday 30 July 2009. The conference will explore and celebrate nursing leadership in all its dimensions and look at the challenges the nursing family faces in today's clinical environment. The one day event is aimed at all the members of the nursing family across the NHS and the independent sector. So book this date now and join RCN Wales for the premier nursing conference in 2009. To register your interest in this conference and receive regular updates email: pat.anslow@rcn.org.uk in the RCN Events team now.