News
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9 Mar 2021
Roaqah Shaher elected as Northern member of the RCN Trade Union Committee
South Tees activist Roaqah Shaher as been elected as the Northern member of the RCN's national Trade Union Committee
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3 Feb 2021
Sunderland's Scott Doughty elected as RCN Student Committee Vice Chair
Scott Doughty, the RCN Northern region’s Student Committee member, has been elected as Vice Chair of the RCN Students Committee.
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16 Dec 2020
Michael Appleby elected as Northern region member of RCN Council
County Durham and Darlington Branch Chair, RCN Northern Board Chair, and RCN Trade Union Committee member Michael Appleby has won the election to become Northern region's member of RCN Council, the body of members who govern the RCN.
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10 Aug 2020
Branch executive committee roles up for election
Several branch executive roles are available for members of northern region branches to express their interest in by 30 August.
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19 May 2020
Serious concerns over inadequate fit testing at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
The RCN has raised serious concerns after an admission by North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust that it failed to adequately fit test respirator masks worn by its theatre staff over a five-week period, subjecting them to serious danger.
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14 May 2020
A royal thank you to mark International Nurses' Day
A prominent nursing figure from the North East received an unusual phone call to mark International Nurses’ Day.
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20 May 2019
Cumbria's Karen Dutton receives RCN Award of Merit
Karen Dutton, a Clinical Educator at Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded the RCN’s Award of Merit at the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) annual Congress in Liverpool.
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18 Sep 2018
Victory for NHS staff as trust axes plans to transfer them to subsidiary company
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust has decided against transferring 500 estates and facilities staff to its wholly owned subsidiary company.
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1 Jun 2018
Northumbria learning representative takes tea with the Queen
RCN learning rep Sheryle Miller attended Buckingham Palace Garden Party as part of an RCN delegation on 31 May.
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23 Jan 2018
NHS reveals staffing crisis in new recruitment figures
NHS figures published this morning show that seven out of ten nursing vacancies remain unfilled in the North East.
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