Blogs
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21 Aug 2025
Championing community nursing - the power of our forum
Chair of RCN District and Community Nursing Forum, Gail Goddard, explores the work of the forum, its role in shaping the future of community nursing, and why now is a crucial time to amplify our collective voice.
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21 Aug 2025
Nursing the English from plague to Peterloo - 1660 - 1820
This Blog highlights a very important new book about early nursing history written by Allanah Tomkins, professor of social history. It gives new insight into nursing pre-Nightingale and helps challenge the dominant narrative that all pre-reform nurses were terrible.
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21 Aug 2025
A spotlight on nursing in the community: Championing Health for Care Experienced Young
Working with children in the community is one of the fundamental ways that nursing can help to improve Scotland’s future health outcomes.
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21 Aug 2025
Northern Pride: a powerful mix of joy, connection and purpose
Attending Northern Pride in Newcastle this year was a truly special experience, made even more meaningful by being part of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) delegation.
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20 Aug 2025
A spotlight on nursing in the community: Where innovation grows from inequality
Realising the goal of providing more care closer to home and reducing hospital admissions relies on nursing meeting the health needs of the people within their communities. So what happens when an unmet need is discovered? More often than not, it is nursing that steps up to the plate and says “Something needs to change.”
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20 Aug 2025
Shifting care to the community: The challenges and the solutions
From prevention to end-of-life care, community nurses have a vital role to play shaping the future of health care services as governments shift care from hospitals to community. Christine Callendar, the RCN’s Head of Nursing Practice, explains why community nurses must be invested in now.
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19 Aug 2025
A spotlight on nursing in the community: Transforming dementia care in Moray’s care homes
As we continue our spotlight on nursing in the community, it’s pertinent to remind ourselves that nursing staff work across a huge range of specialisms in this area — including end-of-life care, diabetes, continence care, wound care, mental health, public health, learning disability, and more.
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19 Aug 2025
New Name, Bigger Purpose: The Early Career Nurses Network
We’re excited to announce that the Newly Registered Nurses (NRN) Network is evolving—and from now on will be known as the Early Career Nurse (ECN) Network.
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18 Aug 2025
A spotlight on nursing in the community: Trailblazing care in Tayside’s schools
Nursing staff working in Scotland’s communities are highly skilled, autonomous practitioners providing person-centred care outside of hospital settings. The work is diverse and impactful — with their focus on preventative care, managing long term conditions and maximising patients’ independence.
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18 Aug 2025
Why you should join the Trade Union Committee
Rhian Wheater, RCN Trade Union Committee member for Yorkshire & the Humber region, gives an insight in to her election to the committee and her first 18 months in the role, and encourages RCN Reps to put themselves forward for election.
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