Blogs
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16 Feb 2026
Looking beyond the seizure: Why epilepsy care is everyone’s business
Exploring why epilepsy care extends far beyond managing seizures and why every nurse, regardless of specialty, has a role to play. With World Epilepsy Day and Purple Day prompting renewed awareness, it highlights the wider challenges people with epilepsy face and how nursing practice can make a meaningful difference.
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13 Feb 2026
The Gloves are Off
As we launch our 2026 Scottish elections manifesto, Julie Ross explains why it’s time to value nursing properly.
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13 Feb 2026
The wicked problem facing nursing
Without nurses, the NHS 10 year plan will fail – but nurses are facing complex problems with no easy solutions, says RCN Fellow Barbara Stilwell.
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10 Feb 2026
Is the NHS Cancer Plan a turning point – from a nursing perspective?
The NHS Cancer Plan sets out a bold vision for care that fits around people’s lives. In this blog, RCN Cancer Forum Vice Chair Lauren reflects on what the plan means for nursing, neighbourhood care and the growing number of people living with and beyond cancer on behalf of the RCN Cancer Forum Committee.
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6 Feb 2026
Working together: stronger in the face of challenge
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger reflects on the strength of global nursing, our latest indefinite leave to remain report and looks forward to Congress.
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6 Feb 2026
What we did at the Rheumatology Strategy Day
This is a brief overview of the rheumatology forum strategy day that took place on 3 Feb 2026. Providing an overview of some of the potential ideas we discussed and to ensure that the forum committee is working for the benefit of our members.
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5 Feb 2026
Levers to tackle corridor care: The power of RCN health and safety reps
Corridor care is becoming increasingly normalised - but it is by no means inevitable. While it’s disturbing to see how widespread it has become, there are RCN health and safety reps who are fighting – and succeeding – at making a difference.
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4 Feb 2026
Health Visitors Banding affected by new NMC Standards
The NMC updated standards for post registration programmes marks a shift in the educational expectations for Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (SCPHN) to master's level (KTE Level 7). This shift has real implications for job banding and pay specifically for Health Visitors.
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3 Feb 2026
Coping With Grief While Caring for Others: A Mental Health Nurse’s Perspective on the importance of Self-Compassion and Self Care.
Watson’s Theory of Human Caring (1979) serves as a reminder of the enduring importance of compassion toward both oneself and others.
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2 Feb 2026
Myanmar – supporting nursing to rebuild
RCN Associate Director of International Nursing Marcus Wootton reflects on five years since the military coup in Myanmar, and how the RCN has been supporting an underground nurse education programme for some of the world’s most resilient and determined nursing academics and students.
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