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476 blog posts
  • Naomi Wiltshire Naomi Wiltshire Naomi Wiltshire 24 Jul 2024

    Affordable parking and transport matters

    I’m passionate about my work and have found my place in critical care. I feel it is important that we make these traumatic times better for people. It frustrates me that many people think nursing staff do little more than hold hands and plump pillows; we are far more than that.

  • Nichola Walmsley Nichola Walmsley 23 Jul 2024

    The challenges and rewards of managing overseas medical care

    Nichola Walmsley, Operations Manager at Healix, discusses the complex work of handling medical treatment for patients around the world.

  • Custody nursing in Stafford Prison 800x400 Leanne Hume and Michelle Raddings Leanne Hume and Michelle Raddings 18 Jul 2024

    Behind bars and bandages: providing care in prison

    Leanne Hume and Michelle Raddings, our Lead Nurses for Independent Health and Social Care in the Northern and Yorkshire and Humber regions, discuss their visit to a regional reception prison and what they learned from the nursing staff there.

  • Sarah Dodsworth Sarah Dodsworth 15 Jul 2024

    Working for change

    After the general election, Regional Director for Yorkshire and the Humber, Sarah Dodsworth, looks ahead to how the RCN will engage with the new government.

  • EPSU Congress 2024: Colin Baker - Professional Nursing Committee; Denise Kelly, Dennis Greer and  Jackie Davies - RCN Trade Union Committee; and Brian Morton, RCN Associate Director for Employment Relations Colin Baker Colin Baker 12 Jul 2024

    Representing RCN members at the European Federation of Public Service Unions' 11th Congress

    The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) represents 8 million public service workers across Europe and has significant influence over the policies and decisions of employers, governments and institutions. The RCN, as a major membership stakeholder, sits on the executive and the EPSU Congress is held every five years. This year the event was held over three days in Bucharest, Romania, and I attended representing the Professional Nursing Committee as Vice Chair alongside three delegates: Denise Kelly, Dennis Greer and Jackie Davies representing the RCN Trade Union Committee, and Brian Morton, RCN Associate Director for Employment Relations. 

  • Michelle Moseley Michelle Moseley 11 Jul 2024

    Introducing our new Head of Scheme, Michelle Moseley

    I joined the Prince of Wales Nursing Cadet Scheme in June 2024 as Head of Scheme.

  • school nurse Majella Kavanagh Majella Kavanagh 11 Jul 2024

    A focus on school nursing in Wales

    Majella shares the work the RCN Wales independent sector and community advisers have been doing with school nurses in Wales.

  • Paul Vaughan Paul Vaughan 10 Jul 2024

    Countdown to the AGM

    Chair of Council Paul Vaughan looks ahead to the RCN Annual General Meeting and the importance of using your vote. 

  • Oxfordshire-Nurses-Day-2024-1 Jo Wilson Jo Wilson 10 Jul 2024

    Bringing the chocolates and spreading the word.

    RCN Steward Jo Wilson shares her RCN Nurses' Day experience.

  • Darren Hughes Darren Hughes 10 Jul 2024

    CAMHS Youth Justice Service

    An overview of the development and implementation of the CAMHS Youth Justice Service to reduce barriers to access mental health services for the Youth Justice Agency population, in Northern Ireland.