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Key messages from the RCN’s response to the NMC consultations on pre-registration standards and education
This is a summary of key messages from the RCN's response to a series of NMC consultations (publication code 006447). These consultations focus on changes to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Standards to ensure future nurses are fit for practice at the point of registration.
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RCN position on the substitution of mental health nurses in inpatient mental health wards across the UK
RCN position on the substitution of mental health nurses in inpatient mental health wards across the UK
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Understanding Benchmarking
Updated guidance that explains the advantages of benchmarking, provides a model of benchmarking to help get you started and includes an example of benchmarking in practice.
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Royal College of Nursing responds to launch of the Green Party manifesto
RCN Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Pledges to boost the pay of NHS workers are positive, but the money in these plans doesn’t appear sufficient to deliver the substantial above inflation pay rise nursing staff need. There is also no specific promise to restore nursing pay like there is for junior doctors."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Health Secretary’s comments on corridor care
Executive Director of RCN England Patricia Marquis said “The Heath Secretary is right to recognise the crisis that leaves patients treated in corridors. Being honest about it is the first important step. Nursing staff are genuinely fearful of what’s ahead this winter."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to proposed update to NHS Constitution for England
Professor Nicola Ranger, RCN Chief Nursing Officer and Deputy Chief Executive said: “Patients are already able to request intimate care from a staff member of the same sex, but in an NHS missing tens of thousands of nursing staff it is nigh-on impossible to accommodate with any consistency. It’s also important to recognise that nursing staff treat all patients with the utmost respect and professionalism, no matter their gender."
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Out of area placements symptom of mental health system without enough beds or staff, says Royal College of Nursing
RCN UK Professional Lead for Mental Health Ben Thomas said: “Some of the most vulnerable are being shunted around the country at a time when they need stability. This is a symptom of a mental health system which has neither the beds nor the workforce to deliver care closer to home. It’s an unacceptable way to treat people, disrupting treatment plans, slowing recovery and delaying discharge."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to an announcement from the Department of Health and Social Care about one-off payments for more healthcare workers
RCN Director for England Patricia Marquis said: “After a year of campaigning, this progress is a huge leap forward. They deliver NHS care and deserve the same treatment."
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I am at the heart of health care
Comic book stories about the daily work of HCAs show how HCAs make a difference.
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'Those on the frontline of care are being left to take accountability for failures out of their control', says Royal College of Nursing
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: "Those working in support roles are a hugely important part of the nursing workforce and large parts of the NHS would not run without them. But this report brings into sharp focus how the lessons of the past have gone unheeded and those on the frontline of care are being left to take accountability for failures out of their control."
