News
(17 items total, showing 11 to 17)
RCN: mandatory registration of HCSWs required
Published: 20 December 2012
The Royal College of Nursing has described proposals for a voluntary register of health care support workers as “fundamentally weak”. The RCN has called on the Government to do what is necessary to ensure that health care support workers are trained, monitored and supported through mandatory regulation underpinned by law.
Tracey Davies wins Wales HCSW of the Year Award
Published: 30 November 2012
Tracey Davies has won the Health Care Support Worker Award, at the inaugural RCN in Wales Nurse of the Year Awards.
Congratulations to our new Health Practitioner Committee members
Published: 22 November 2012
The first of the new members of the RCN Health Practitioner Committee for HCAs and APs have now been elected.
RCN guidance on record keeping and countersigning records
Published: 14 November 2012
The RCN has issued new guidance around the issues of record keeping and countersigning records for HCAs, APs and registered nurses.
“Unacceptable” low pay of minimum wage HCAs
Published: 05 November 2012
The Royal College of Nursing has said that it is “unacceptable” that health care assistants are often paid below the living wage – forcing them to claim benefits to make ends meet.
Managing children with health care needs: delegation of clinical procedures, training and accountability issues
Published: 26 October 2012
The RCN has recently produced a revised edition of its position paper: Managing Children with Health Care Needs: Delegation of Clinical Procedures, Training and Accountability Issues
RCN immigration update
Published: 20 February 2013
The RCN Immigration Advice Service (IAS) has released a new update for Spring 2013. This issue will be of particular interest to those HCAs seeking to sponsor family members from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) to join them in the UK. It also focuses UKBA settlement rules.