Employment relations publications
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Membership surveys
- NHS staff survey on pay and conditions. A report for the staff side NHS trade unions 2012 (PDF 1.6 MB)
- Views from the frontline: RCN Employment Survey 2011 (PDF 1032KB)
- Past imperfect, future tense. Nurses' employment and morale in 2009 (PDF 888KB) Nurses employment and morale: Scotland 2009 (Word 1,167KB)
- Holding on: nurses' employment and morale in 2007 (PDF 1.1MB)
- Holding on: Independent sector nurses. Results by sector from the RCN annual employment survey 2007 (PDF 626.1KB)
Labour market reviews
- Overstretched. Under-resourced. The UK nursing labour market review 2012 (PDF 1.4 MB)
- A decisive decade: The UK nursing labour market review 2011 (PDF 2768KB)
- Sustaining the long view: The UK nursing labour market review 2011(PDF 1375KB)
- Difficult times, difficult choices: The UK nursing labour market review 2009 (PDF 218KB)
- Nurse workforce planning in the UK: 2007 (PDF 202.1KB)
Evidence to the NHS Pay Review Body
- Staff side evidence to the NHS Pay Review Body 2012 (PDF 504 KB)
- RCN evidence to the NHS Pay Review Body 2012 (PDF 345 KB)
- Staff side submisssion to the Pay Review Body on the call for evidence on market-facing pay 2012(PDF 92KB)
- Staff side evidence to the Pay Review Body 2011 (Word 156KB)
- RCN evidence to the Pay Review Body 2011 (Word 63KB)
- RCN evidence to the Pay Review Body 2010 (PDF 268KB)
- Impact of Agenda for Change: Results from a survey of RCN members working in the NHS/GP practices, Employment Research Limited (PDF 407.7KB)
Diversity research
- The work-life experiences of black nurses in the UK (PDF 304.7KB)
- Black and minority ethnic and internationally recruited nurses. Results from the RCN Employment/Working Well surveys 2005 and 2002 (PDF 357.8KB)
- We need respect. Experiences of internationally recruited nurses in the UK (PDF 805.3KB)
Well being and working lives research
- RCN Lone Working Survey 2011(PDF1,945KB)
- At breaking point? A survey of the wellbeing and working lives of nurses in 2005 (PDF 698.9KB)
- Working well? Results from the RCN Working well survey into the wellbeing and working lives of nurses (PDF1.4MB)
Working well guidance publications
- Working well initiative: Challenging harassment and bullying: guidance for RCN representativess, stewards and officers (PDF 729.0KB)
- Working well initiative: Dealing with bullying and harassment at work: a guide for RCN members (PDF 646.7KB)
- Working well initiative: Dealing with bullying and harassment: a guide for nursing students (PDF 4.8MB)
- Working well initiative: workability: injured, ill and disabled nurses can return to work. (PDF 269.9KB)
- Working Well Initiative:Managing your stress: a guide for nurses (PDF 346.2KB)
- Working Well Initiative: The RCN WING guide for injured, ill or disabled nurses (PDF 2.4MB)
Other related toolkits
- Working with care: improving working relationships in health care. Self-assessment tools for health care teams (PDF 277.3KB)
- Spinning plates: establishing a work-life balance - A guide for RCN representatives (PDF 403.3KB)
- Work-related violence. An RCN tool to manage risk and promote safer working practices in health care (PDF 268.9KB)