Blogs

Talking to our members

Dame Donna Kinnair reflects on the RCN’s AGM and our work to secure fair pay for nursing.

An update from your RCN Council member following July's Council meeting

We had a full day’s full RCN Council meeting via Microsoft Teams on  22 July. As you can imagine there were some key issues that we needed to address, not least the pay negotiations for 2021/2022.

Value should be rewarded

A friend of mine recently celebrated a significant birthday. She is a kind, compassionate person who is friend to many and asks little of us, her friends, in return.

RCN Northern Ireland Board elections: representing members working in the independent sector

How members of the Defence Nursing Forum have been employed and deployed during the COVID pandemic

How Defence Nursing Forum members have been employed and deployed during the COVID-19 pandemic

Read all about it: Florence Nightingale at 200

2020 is the year of the nurse and the bi-centenary of Florence Nightingale's birth.

RCN Critical Care and Flight Nurse Forum steering committee vacancies

RCN Critical Care and Flight Nurse Forum steering committee vacancies 

The end of shielding – what happens now?

Nicky Hughes, Associate Director of Nursing (Employment Relations), shares some of the topics being discussed with the Welsh government and NHS employers this week.

Working with our region's care homes

Here in Eastern Region we really want to engage with care homes and find out how we can support you and encourage more of you to talk to us about what the RCN offers its members.

Fixing unhealthy workplaces is a more pressing issue than singling out overweight nurses