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.
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RCN Wales appoints Nicola Williams as Executive Director
Nicola will join the RCN in April as Executive Director of RCN Wales, bringing more than three decades of clinical and senior leadership experience
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COVID inquiry: ‘Never again can nursing and the public be failed like this’
Nursing staff were a constant presence during the pandemic, and now formal recognition of long COVID as an industrial disease is urgently needed
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Assisted dying bill rejected at final vote
MSPs have voted against passing legislation to legalise assisted dying in Scotland.
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Unions escalate action with joint letter to challenge 3.3% pay award in England
Fourteen unions have told the Westminster government that NHS staff feel “angry and let down”, and are urging their members to sign the letter
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RCN welcomes progress towards tackling corridor care, but urges more investment
NHS England announces an official corridor care definition for the first time, after sustained RCN-led pressure
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RCN 'deeply concerned' by escalating crisis in Middle East
The RCN President calls for international law to be upheld and health workers to be protected
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Artist Haleema Aziz installing her Balikbayan box artwork, ‘Inside Home’ RCN unveils major exhibition on 150 years of nursing migration
Historic artefacts and contemporary creative work reveal the personal journeys of migrant nurses
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Westminster government announces Agenda for Change pay award in England
The RCN says the government’s below-inflation 2026/27 NHS pay award is an insult
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Pay Review Body recommends 3.3% pay award - but NI nursing staff still waiting
The Pay Review Body (PRB) has recommended a 3.3% pay rise for nursing staff across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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The Welsh government announces Agenda for Change pay award in Wales
The Welsh government has announced that the pay award for nursing staff in Wales employed on NHS terms and conditions (Agenda for Change) for 2026/27 will be 3.3%.
