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Corridor care
Melissa Stanton, the Lead Nurse Independent Health and Social Care for North West England explains the dangers and implications of corridor care in social care and the strategies needed to mitigate corridor care.
Updated: 31 January 2025 -
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Assisted dying bill in England and Wales: what nursing staff need to know
Conversations around assisted dying are complex, involving many legal, ethical, medical, socio-cultural and religious issues. We’re advocating for safeguards to ensure nursing staff are protected as the bill progresses through the Houses of Parliament
Updated: 31 January 2025 -
Standardising General Practice Nurse (GPN) foundation training
This blog provides an overview of the Staffordshire GPN Foundation training scheme and explains why there is a need for a standardised education programme for nurses new to the GPN role.
Updated: 1 February 2025 -
Meet the RCN North West Regional Board
The people who are representing you on the Board.
Updated: 1 February 2025 -
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Male fertility: how nursing staff can support men
With male fertility concerns on the rise, many men feel they have nowhere to turn, but new RCN guidance helps nursing staff expand their knowledge
Updated: 1 February 2025 -
Corridor care: public backs RCN demands for swift government action
We're reiterating calls for urgent intervention as a poll finds half of the public think it should take the government no longer than a year to solve the corridor care crisis, if it acts now
Updated: 3 February 2025 -
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Work in independent health and social care? Here's how we're fighting for your rights
Your big questions answered on pay, terms and conditions, and how we can help
Updated: 3 February 2025 -
Share your views on the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill
We need your voice to inform the RCN’s influencing work on the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill.
Updated: 3 February 2025 -
Newly qualified nurses being unable to find NHS jobs raised at First Minister’s Questions
At the first session of First Minister’s Questions (FMQs) since MSPs returned to Holyrood from summer recess, the Scottish government was challenged on the difficulties that some newly qualified nurses (NQNs) are currently reporting with finding their first job.
Updated: 3 February 2025 -
The RCN IHSC team win at the Women Achieving Greatness in Social Care Awards 2024
Our brilliant IHSC team are officially winners of the Wellbeing At Work Award at this year's Women Achieving Greatness in Social Care Awards.
Updated: 4 February 2025