Media centre
The RCN Media centre is the UK's leading source of information for journalists on nursing issues.
Journalists can use this area to access press releases on a wide range of issues affecting nurses, including developments in nursing, nurses' pay and conditions, legal issues and government policy.
UK-wide press releases
Specialist nurses still under threat despite NHS surplus
Published: 29 April 2008
Vacancy freezes and fears of redundancy and downgrading are continuing to plague the NHS as it heads for a £1.8bn surplus, a Royal College of Nursing (RCN) survey of specialist and experienced nurses has found.
A&E nurses under pressure to meet four hour target
Published: 28 April 2008
Nine out of ten Accident & Emergency (A&E) nurses have felt unduly pressured to meet the four-hour waiting target, according to a new survey from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).
Nurses spend more than a million hours every week on mountain of paperwork, says RCN
Published: 28 April 2008
An increase in paperwork is preventing nurses from spending enough time caring for patients, according to a new survey for the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).
RCN calls for patient driven, not cost-driven targets in the NHS
Published: 28 April 2008
The NHS is too focused on keeping down costs at the expense of quality patient care, according to the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). Today at its annual Congress, the RCN will be calling for a new era of targets and health reform that are care driven not cost driven.
Nurses call for dignity to be at the heart of nursing
Published: 27 April 2008
Nurses call for dignity to be at the heart of nursing Eight out of ten nurses admit they have left work feeling upset or distressed because they have not been able to ensure their patients have been treated with dignity.
Northern Ireland
RCN Northern Ireland welcomes proposals for health reform
Published: 18 February 2008
Responding to the publication today of detailed proposals to reform health and social care...
New Health Board must have strong nursing input
Published: 04 February 2008
Responding to the Health Minister’s announcement on the new structures for health and social care in Northern Ireland
New health board must have strong nursing input
Published: 04 January 2008
Responding to the Health Minister’s announcement on the new structures for health and social care in Northern Ireland
Scotland
Dignity must be at the heart of nursing care
Published: 27 April 2008
Eight out of ten nurses say they finish shifts feeling upset or distressed because they have not been able to ensure their patients have been treated with dignity, a UK wide survey by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has found.
A&E nurses under pressure to meet four-hour target
Published: 29 April 2008
Nine out of ten Accident & Emergency (A&E) nurses have felt unduly pressured to meet the four-hour waiting target, according to a new survey from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).
Give nurses more time to care, says RCN
Published: 28 April 2008
An increase in paperwork is preventing nurses from spending enough time caring for patients, according to a new survey for the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).
Wales
Reduced hospital acquired infection Rates in Wales
Published: 05 November 2007
Eirlys Warrington Chair of RCN Wales Welsh Board responds to press coverage that hospital acquired infection rates in Wales are lower than those in England.
RCN Wales welcomes pay announcement
Published: 05 July 2007
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) welcomes the Welsh Assembly Government's decision to implement the Pay Review Body's recommendation of a 2.5 per cent
COPD and Asthma Nurses
Published: 07 June 2007
Nurses in Wales will be looking forward to April 1 when a ban on smoking in enclosed public places is introduced in Wales.Tobacco is a uniquely ...
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