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Nursing guide for supporting people with learning disabilities
Find a range of topics on how to support people with learning disabilities to access high-quality health care and regular screening. From making reasonable adjustments to enhancing communication skills and understanding mental capacity, we signpost you to the most up-to-date available resources.
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Long overdue payments for nursing staff delivering NHS care
Following campaigning by the RCN, staff on Agenda for Change contracts who aren’t directly employed by the NHS will finally receive one-off payments promised last year by the government.
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Rising cost of living makes nursing staff reconsider future in the profession
More than half of nursing staff in the East of England could quit the profession in the next five years as the impact of low pay and the rising cost of living leaves most worse off than a year ago.
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RCN to new First Minister: 3 urgent steps to rescue Welsh NHS
Helen Whyley, Director of RCN Wales, has written to the First Minister calling for immediate action to protect patients and secure the future of nursing in Wales.
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Nursing staff could quit after cost-of-living reality sets in
Survey reveals more than half of respondents said they are likely or very likely to quit nursing in the next 5 years due to low pay and cost of living pressures.
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Why does dementia sometimes destroy family relationships? How understanding can help
RCN Fellow Professor June Andrews reflects on her professional work supporting people with dementia and their families, from her view as a nurse and also as a family carer.
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Caring for People with Liver Disease including Liver Transplantation: a Competence Framework for Nursing
This framework describes the professional standards expected of practitioners when caring for people with liver disease including liver transplantation. It includes competencies for liver transplantation and is supported by Norgine Pharmaceuticals Ltd. This publication is currently being reviewed; an update is planned for 2025.
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the British Social Attitudes Survey on public satisfaction with the NHS
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive said: "Nursing staff will respond with mixed emotion today – great sorrow that we have sunk this low and hope that the public shares their view that ‘enough is enough’. It did not have to be this way and it did not start with the pandemic either."
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Our future must be greater than our past
Wendy Irwin, our Diversity and Equalities Co-ordinator, discusses her reaction to Frank Hester's comments about Diane Abbott MP and the importance of anti-racism.
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An invitation to get involved
Tracey McErlain-Burns, RCN Yorkshire and the Humber Board Chair, invites you to get involved with the RCN this Spring.
