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Patients should not be forced to endure four more years of this as NHS data shows services not ready for winter, warns Royal College of Nursing
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “These figures show that before the cold weather hits and the flu season peaks, the health service is already struggling to cope with numbers across the board higher than last year."
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Investigations
A guide to the investigation process, including how to prepare and possible outcomes.
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End-of-life care: understanding cultural differences
How to talk to patients and their families without making assumptions
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Catheter Care
Continence is one of the fundamentals of nursing care and maintaining continence can significantly increase a patient’s quality of life. This update reflects NMC guidance around the standards that nurses must maintain throughout their careers to keep their knowledge and skills up to date, and includes a list of abbreviations, a glossary and an easy to access list of Skills for Health standards.
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International Teamwork: Finding Courage in the Chaos
Elsa Afonso from the RCN’s International Academy talks about the RCN’s recent work to support nurses in Sri Lanka following Cyclone Ditwah which struck the country last week and brought catastrophic floods.
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Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Toolkit in Action - Delivering safe and effective care:
Our members continually raise concerns about the challenges they encounter accessing continuous professional development (CPD) and lifelong learning opportunities. As the workforce crisis has grown across the UK, a lack of employer support and increasing staffing pressures have left nursing staff finding it a challenge to get both approval to take paid time for CPD and the funding needed to pay for it. This toolkit, aimed at employers whatever the setting, gives the background, evidence and rationale for the provision of contractual, fully funded CPD to ensure the delivery of safe and effective care, and supports the accompanying CPD toolkit in action which is aimed at RCN staff and reps (012 215).
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From budget disappointment to celebrating nursing excellence
RCN President Bejoy Sebastian reflects on the budget, indefinite leave to remain and Nursing Support Workers’ Day.
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Lunch and learn: Rest, hydrate and refuel for 2026
Join us for an hour-long webinar focused on the importance of rest, hydration and refuelling. RCN Health, Safety and Wellbeing Senior National Officer Louise Church will share key resources and be on hand to answer your questions.
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Investing in Care: A Joint Celebration of Innovation and Impact
On 3 December 2025, we celebrated the impact of funded Quality Improvement projects as well as honouring our long-standing partnership with LV=
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Quality Improvement
Following a donation of £25,000, the RCN Foundation LV= Quality Improvement Project Grants Programme has funded eight projects across the UK
