News

All the latest on current nursing issues, including employment matters, health and safety in the workplace, public health policy and clinical skills, as well as updates on the work of the RCN.

3 Jun 2025
New NHS nursing profiles: ‘Staff need access to timely job evaluations’

We’ve ensured members' voices were considered in changes to the profiles, to support fairer pay and career progression
2 Jun 2025
RCN Activism Strategy will support members to effect change in nursing

Details of our new plan to grow our activist community, to empower members to be influential and to show how action results in real change
29 May 2025
Your England and Wales NHS pay awards are here

Is this increase enough? Get ready to have your say and check your details are up to date
23 May 2025
Pay Award for HSC staff in Northern Ireland signed off by Minister

The Health Minister, Mike Nesbitt, has announced that he has signed off on a pay award in line with the Pay Review Body (PRB) recommendation of a 3.6% pay rise for those employed under Agenda for Change terms and conditions for 2025-26.
22 May 2025
RCN Wales responds to Welsh Government's NHS pay award for 2025/26

NHS Wales staff on Agenda for Change contracts will receive a 3.6% pay increase backdated to 1 April 2025.
21 May 2025
Nursing Workforce Standards update: key changes to protect staff further

Support for senior nurses when they speak out, staffing uplift figures and planning for pandemics are among the latest changes
15 May 2025
An ‘explosion’ in nurse lecturer cuts risks nursing jobs and patient safety

We’re calling for urgent government action to protect nursing courses now
15 May 2025
RCN members in Scotland vote to accept NHS pay offer

RCN members in Scotland have spoken on pay and accepted offers for the next two years.
14 May 2025
Migrant nursing staff plan to leave UK due to low wages, abuse and ‘hostile environment’

Meanwhile the RCN says government plans to reduce immigration into the UK could accelerate the nursing staffing crisis
14 May 2025
RCN defines nursing support workers and their level descriptors

The new definitions will help support and protect nursing staff, and give clarity to employers and the public. They can be applied across all fields and settings