Employment relations publications
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Membership surveys
- Views from the frontline: RCN Employment Survey 2011 (PDF 1032KB)
- Past imperfect, future tense. Nurses' employment and morale in 2009 (PDF 888KB)
- Practice nurses in 2009: Results from the RCN annual employment surveys 2009 and 2003 (PDF 356KB)
- Nurses employment and morale: Scotland 2009 (Word 1,167KB)
- Nurses' employment and morale: Wales 2009. Employment Survey (Word 285KB)
- Nurses' employment and morale: Northern Ireland 2009 (PDF 634KB)
- 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)
- Holding on: Northern Ireland: annual employment survey 2007 (PDF 749.5KB)
- Holding on: Scotland: annual employment survey 2007 (PDF 762.5KB)
- Holding on: Wales: annual employment survey 2007 (PDF 744.0KB)
- Holding on: country-regions statistical digest 2007 (Word 729KB)
- Managing to work differently RCN annual employment survey 2005 (PDF 514.9KB)
- Nurses in Northern Ireland 2005 Results for Northern Ireland from the RCN Employment Survey 2005 (PDF 799.3KB)
- Nurses in Scotland 2005 Results for Scotland from the RCN Employment Survey 2005 (PDF 828.6KB)
- Nurses in Wales 2005 Results for Wales from the RCN Employment Survey 2005 (PDF 794.3)
- Stepping stones: Results from the RCN membership survey 2003 (PDF 673KB)
- Nurses in the Independent Sector 2001/02 (PDF 576.5KB)
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
- 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
- Internationally recruited nurses - good practice guidance for health care employers and RCN negotiators (PDF 356.9KB)
- Success with internationally recruited nurses RCN good practice guidance for employers in recruiting and retaining (PDF 298.2KB)
- 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)
Evidence to the NHS Pay Review Body
- Staff side evidence to the Pay Review Body 2011 (Word 156KB)
- RCN evidence to the Pay Review Body 2011 (Word 63KB)
- Staff side Evidence to the NHS Pay Review Body 2007 Word 1MB)
- NHS Staff Survey: A research report for the Joint NHS trade unions, Incomes Data Service (IDS) (PDF 1MB)
- Staff Side Response to Supplementary Questions set by the Pay Review Body 2007 (Word 100KB).
- Pay 2008: Economic Context and Public Sector Pay (Word 621KB)
- Staff Side Evidence to the Review Body for Nursing and other Professional Staff 2006 (PDF 680.0KB)
- Nurses and Public Sector Pay: Labour Force Survey analysis 2006, Employment Research Limited (PDF 73.0KB)
- Impact of Agenda for Change: Results from a survey of RCN members working in the NHS/GP practices, Employment Research Limited (PDF 407.7KB)
- Temporary Working: results from an on-line survey of bank and agency nurses (PDF 111.3KB)
- Staff side evidence to the pay review body for nursing and other professional staff 2005 (PDF 466.0KB)
Labour market reviews
- 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)
- An incomplete plan; the UK nursing labour market review 2008 (PDF 169KB)
- Nurse workforce planning in the UK: 2007 (PDF 202.1KB)
- From Boom to Bust? The UK Nursing Labour Market Review 2005/2006 (PDF 208.7)
- Worlds apart? The UK and International Nurses, Interim Labour Market Review 2006/2007 (PDF 177.2KB)
- Past trends, future imperfect? A review of the UK nursing labour market in 2004/2005 (PDF 460.4KB)
- Fragile future? A review of the UK nursing labour market in 2003 (PDF 453.0KB)
- Behind the headlines: a review of the UK nursing labour market in 2001 (PDF 676.5KB)