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The nursing role
Learn more about the role of the nurse in end of life care and the skills required to support patients and their families during this difficult time.
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Strike action for fair pay continues into 2024 at the Care Plus Group
Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) employed by Care Plus Group (CPG) are taking a week of industrial strike action from Monday 8 January 2024. They will be striking for five days from 7.00am on Monday 8 January to 8.00am on Saturday 13 January 2024 (inclusive).
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Royal College of Nursing calls strike action in Northern Ireland and urges politicians to act on nursing pay
Rita Devlin, Director of the RCN in Northern Ireland said: “It has been four years since nurses in Northern Ireland first took strike action to ensure pay parity with colleagues in England and Wales. It is nothing short of immoral that we have been put in this position once again and are the lowest paid nursing staff in the UK. What an indictment on how we treat health care workers and the value we place on them."
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POLICY: Scottish Parliament consultation on a proposed Right to Palliative Care Bill
RCN Scotland agrees that access to palliative care needs to be improved and is sympathetic to the proposed Bill
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Celebrating success... Alcohol care in Sheffield
Sheffield’s Alcohol Care Team is a newly developed service which provides support to patients with alcohol dependence; reducing repeat hospital stays and improving lives. Now they are celebrating winning two awards from their trust, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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University financial crisis is threat to nursing courses, RCN warns
Higher education nursing staff in Scotland have warned that the financial crisis in universities is a threat to nursing courses.
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Prime Minister's claim that the government reached an agreement with nursing staff on their pay offer
Responding to the Prime Minister’s claim on ‘Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg’ that the government reached an agreement with nursing staff on their pay offer, Royal College of Nursing General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “The Prime Minister is forgetting basic facts – he never reached a pay resolution with nursing staff in the NHS. Our members rejected his pay offer and we remain in dispute."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Recruitment and Employment Confederation study showing increasing demand for healthcare staff
Responding to a Recruitment and Employment Confederation study showing an increasing demand for healthcare staff, Royal College of Nursing General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “The labour choice that too many are making is not to enter nursing at all - there are falling numbers of students on nurse courses this year. People see the profession is not valued and rewarded fairly and are choosing not to join it, with many others quitting early too."
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Personal reflections on winning the RCN Nurse of the Year Independent Sector Award 2022
Winning an award in recognition of work accomplished is indeed the highlight of any career, but I would add that winning when you are least expecting it makes it even more incredible!
