COVID-19 (coronavirus)

Employment advice

> FAQs

Your FAQs about COVID-19 and work and other employment issues.

> Personal protective equipment (PPE) advice

Essential advice and information to help ensure you have the right personal protective equipment (PPE) in your work setting.

> Redeployment guidance

Information for members who have been moved from their normal working environment.

> Workforce expansion

Information for returning registrants, students and apprentice nurses and nursing associates.

> NHS staff

Find employment guidance for NHS staff.

Clinical guidance

> Managing COVID-19

Clinical information and key resources to support your understanding of COVID-19.

> Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Are you safe?

Guidance on PPE and if the PPE provided is safe, including a flow chart and escalation steps.

> Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Refusal to treat

Guidance for members around the process to follow if the PPE provided is not appropriate.

> Prescribing safely under COVID-19

Guidance to support nurses who are being asked to treat patients remotely.

> DNACPR and verification of death

Guidance and resources on DNACPR and verification of death during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

> Mental health care delivery

General principles to support you in your ongoing mental health care delivery.

Our work

> Our position

Read the RCN position on COVID-19.

> Open letters

Read the open letters related to COVID-19.

> Media statements

View the latest media statements.

Supporting you

> Your mental wellbeing

Mental health and wellbeing advice and resources.

> Peer Support Service

Information and resources for healthcare professionals who are disabled during the COVID-19 outbreak.

> Your finances

Financial advice and guidance for members affected by COVID-19.