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  • 25 Jul 2019 Bulletin UK wide Safe staffing Staffing for safe and effective care Action

    Investing in our future workforce

    The number of nursing degree applicants in England has fallen 29% since the bursary was axed. We need urgent investment to reverse the trend

  • 30 Apr 2019 Bulletin UK wide People

    Care in the extreme

    Combining a love for climbing with his skills as an emergency nurse has given Ben Cooper the chance to work in some of the world’s most remote places

  • 30 Jul 2019 Bulletin Safe staffing Safe staffing England Safe staffing Scotland Safe staffing Wales Staffing for safe and effective care UK wide

    Persuading politicians we need more nurses

    Political influencing is key to our safe staffing campaign. Student nurse Amy shares her top tips for meeting your elected representative

  • 19 Aug 2025 Advice

    Whistleblowing: how am I protected?

    Know your rights if you choose to speak up for patient safety

  • 22 Jul 2022 Opinion Congress Nursing support workers

    'We need to talk about assisted dying'

    Kevin shares his point of view on this emotive subject

  • 7 Jun 2022 Bulletin Opinion

    'We must end nurse exploitation'

    Zeba Arif says it’s time to demand more for overseas nursing staff

  • 21 Aug 2025 Career

    What I do at work: advanced nurse practitioner, district nursing

    The “honour” of treating people at home, the value of autonomy and flexing academic muscles: Maria tells us why this is her dream job

  • 9 Sep 2022 Bulletin People

    A glorious patronage

    Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s association with the RCN stretched back to the first half of the 20th century and she was an RCN patron for more than 65 years

  • 21 Sep 2022 Students Clinical

    Dementia: ahead of the game

    Nursing student Katie writes about her involvement in co-designing a game to help children and young people understand dementia

  • 29 Jun 2022 People Nursing support workers Area of Practice Older People

    'I like to see the potential in people'

    Ashton says watching people’s confidence grow is one of the best things about her role supervising care assistants