RCN wins gold at HR Magazine Excellence Awards

Published: 30 June 2011

For immediate release: 30 June 2011

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has won three awards at this week’s prestigious HR Magazine Excellence Awards. The RCN won the Health and Wellbeing Award, the Best HR team in the private sector award, and the prestigious HR Excellence Gold Award.

Dr Peter Carter, Chief Executive & General Secretary of the RCN said:

“This is a superb achievement by the HR team, and we are very proud of them. This is really important for us in our ambition to be an exemplary employer. As a trade union, it is vital that we demonstrate to the organisations who employ our members that we are leading the way in getting the best from each and every employee, and treating our staff well. Our members benefit directly from having an organisation which performs well – the service our staff give is truly excellent and we can show employers in the NHS and elsewhere that best practice in HR works.”

The HR Magazine Awards ceremony took place on Monday of this week in central London.

Notes to editors

About the awards:

The HR Magazine Awards take place each year, and recognise high performing HR departments in all sectors.

Best HR team - private sector. To recognise private sector HR teams for their work within the function and their business partnering with other functions.
Health and Wellbeing Award. To recognise the organisation that provides the most compelling evidence that their strategy for health and wellbeing in the workplace not only works but that has also created a clear and measurable return on investments made in the area.
HR Excellence Gold Award Winner. The organisation that impressed the judges the most from all the winning entries to the 2011 HR Excellence award.

More information can be found here - http://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/

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The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is the voice of nursing across the UK and is the largest professional union of nursing staff in the world. The RCN promotes the interest of nurses and patients on a wide range of issues and helps shape healthcare policy by working closely with the UK Government and other national and international institutions, trade unions, professional bodies and voluntary organisations