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  • 13 Feb 2020 Nursing support workers Safe staffing Action

    Fighting for patients

    We spoke to nursing support workers who joined the picket lines in Northern Ireland to demand safe staffing and fair pay

  • 8 Oct 2020 Wales Nursing support workers Learning Disability Nursing Forum People

    Making the difference

    Learning disability champion Rea Pugh-Davies knows that even the smallest changes make a big difference to her patients

  • 19 Nov 2020 Nursing support workers People

    Supporting mental health recovery in Belfast

    Robin Kelly tells us about his dedicated and person-centred work with adults experiencing mental health problems

  • 7 Feb 2020 Nursing support workers Career

    Time for a change?

    The RCN has online career resources especially for nursing support workers, and we offer one-to-one career coaching over the phone as part of your membership

  • 22 Jun 2020 Nursing support workers COVID-19 HCAs APs and TNAs People

    Trusted, needed, adaptable

    Trainee nursing associates have shown their professionalism, flexibility and skills during the COVID-19 pandemic

  • 12 Feb 2020 Womens Health Forum Nursing support workers Clinical

    Blood, sweat and tears

    Nursing support workers are in a great position to help women talk about the symptoms of the menopause without embarrassment

  • 18 Feb 2021 Nursing support workers COVID-19 People

    No-one should die alone

    Lisa Dodd reflects on the difference personalised nursing can make, after working in a role in end of life care set up in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

  • 11 Feb 2021 Nursing support workers Clinical

    Proning: your questions answered

    Patients in intensive care units are benefiting from an intervention known as proning to help improve low blood oxygen levels

  • 20 Jan 2021 Nursing support workers Equality Inclusion Action

    Tea, anyone?

    Andrew's starting crucial conversations to help tackle workplace discrimination

  • 11 Jan 2021 Public health Nursing support workers COVID-19 Clinical

    Time to talk vaccinations

    Nursing support workers have a vital role in the COVID-19 vaccination programme, says RCN public health lead Helen Donovan