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Without urgent action entire hospitals risk being overwhelmed by corridor care this winter, warns Royal College of Nursing
Executive Director of RCN England, Patricia Marquis said: “Corridor care is unsafe and undignified for patients and demoralising for the healthcare staff forced to care in these circumstances. It is now more than a year since nursing staff first sounded the alarm on this crisis and the disaster in our hospitals shows little sign of improvement."
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2025 BAME Ally of the Year
RCN Yorkshire & the Humber Board member Joan Pons Laplana recognised at the 2025 BAME Awards.
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Supporting future nurses: My journey back to the University of East Anglia
In this blog, Callum Metcalfe-O’Shea, UK Professional Lead for Long-Term Conditions, talks about his experience of going back to the University of East Anglia (UEA) where he was once a nursing student, to now teach the next generation of students and how this MSc course is supporting nurses of the future.
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AI has great potential and must enhance personal nursing care but not replace it, says Royal College of Nursing
RCN UK Head of Nursing Practice Stephen Jones said: “AI has great potential to modernise services, but ministers shouldn’t be completely seduced by it alone. It must enhance personal nursing care, not replace it, and be delivered alongside new investment in growing the nursing workforce.”
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Party conference season – preparing for May 2026
RCN Scotland staff and members attend the SNP’s conference in Aberdeen, the Scottish Liberal Democrats conference in Glasgow and the Scottish Green Party conference in Edinburgh.
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Vaccination uptake: a shared responsibility for all health care professionals
Lydia Langridge, CHIS GP Liaison and Senior Team Clinician, on how health care workers can improve vaccine coverage.
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Championing Neurodiversity in Diabetes: Care Reflections from DPC 2025
In this blog, Acting Chair Amanda Williams, reflects on her time presenting at the Diabetes Professional Care Conference alongside UK Professional Lead for Long Term Conditions, on the new neurodiversity resource from RCN with a special focus on diabetes and the importance of awareness in practice.