Royal College of Nursing Representing nurses and nursing, promoting excellence in practice, shaping health policies

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Our strategy and how we represent our forum members

How we represent forum members

  • Covering a wide range of health issues which impact particularly on women from adolescence to old age, including developing guidance and competence for nursing staff.
  • Carrying out research to advance and enhance practice.
  • Being as inclusive as possible and working collaboratively with other organisations to develop national guidance and policy.
  • Organising conferences to spread good practice.
  • Recognising the diversity of needs and expectations associated with delivering a high quality, humanistic approach to health so as to empower women into accessing the best available health care.
  • Representing the RCN's pool of professional expertise and knowledge.

Read our Women's Health Forum Charter 2023

Our strategy

  • Support professional learning and development of women’s health nursing and midwifery.
  • Provide women’s health nursing expertise and input to RCN.
  • Shape national policy.
  • Support RCN activities through income generation.
  • Ensure dissemination of relevant information to women’s health community.

Page last updated - 17/09/2022