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Publications

RCN publications cover a wide range of topics varying from clinical guidance to employment relations issues to advice on bullying. To reproduce RCN publications please complete the copyright request form and we’ll be in touch.



  • 25 Jun 2025

    RCN Holdco Limited Annual Report 2024

    Publication Code : 011 855

    This is the RCN Holdco Limited Annual Report and Financial Statements for 2024.

  • 24 Jun 2025

    RCN Annual Review of the Year 2024

    Publication Code : 011 902

    This annual review highlights the significant work we’ve carried out during 2024, on behalf of our membership. It provides transparency and offers insight into the ‘behind the scenes’ efforts we undertake to support and represent all RCN members.

  • 24 Jun 2025

    RCNi Annual Report 2024

    Publication Code : 011 854

    The RCN Publishing Company Limited Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024.

  • 24 Jun 2025

    RCN Foundation Annual Report 2024

    Publication Code : 011 853

    The RCN Foundation Annual Report and Financial Statements 1 January to 31 December 2024

  • 24 Jun 2025

    RCN Summary of Group Accounts 2024

    Publication Code : 012 023

    The RCN Group summary of accounts for 2024.

  • 24 Jun 2025

    RCN Group Annual Report 2024

    Publication Code : 011 852

    Combined RCN Group annual report and consolidated financial accounts for year ended 31 December 2024. Comprising the RCN of the United Kingdom, its trading subsidiary RCN Publishing Limited (RCNi), RCN Holdco Limited, and the RCN Foundation.

  • 16 Jun 2025

    Newly Registered Nursing Associate Guide

    Publication Code : 012 068

    This updated guide assists student nursing associates in their transition to a registered nursing associate. It includes information on standards of proficiency, advice on registration and revalidation, an overview of preceptorship and further ways in which the RCN can support members with advice on appraisals and wellbeing. Registered nursing associates may also find the guide helpful when revalidating.

  • 4 Jun 2025

    Get Out the Vote! A toolkit for RCN members

    Publication Code : 012 121

    Get out the vote (GOTV) focuses on encouraging every RCN member to use their voice by participating in consultations and ballots. This toolkit details the ways in which the RCN asks members to get involved and methods and tips to help RCN representatives and members communicate information and get out the vote.

  • 2 Jun 2025

    The RCN Activism Strategy 2025 - 2027

    Publication Code : 011 914

    The RCN’s Activism Strategy, developed by our Activism Academy is grounded in the experiences of our members and addresses their top priorities: safe staffing levels, fair pay, and working conditions. The strategy’s ambitions will help us grow our activist community, to empower members to become influential in the decisions that affect the workforce and profession, and to teach and develop RCN activists.

  • 14 May 2025

    Unreciprocated Care: why internationally educated nursing staff are leaving the UK

    Publication Code : 012 109

    Internationally educated nursing staff have been making a critical contribution to UK health and care systems for the better part of a century but continue to face challenges every step of the way to becoming a nurse in the UK. From their initial recruitment to visa applications, from starting work to finding accommodation – internationally educated staff are confronted with unjust and unnecessary hurdles. This report explores those challenges using research findings of an RCN survey of over 3,000 international nursing staff and qualitative insights from 25 in-depth interviews.