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Crisis in nursing unresolved after today's Budget, Royal College of Nursing says
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “The Chancellor’s task was difficult, but the crisis in nursing remains unresolved after today’s Budget. Thousands of staff continue to leave the profession, whilst new nurse numbers have collapsed in every English region. We are a safety-critical profession, worthy of infrastructure-style investment."
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RCN Wales responds to Welsh government’s 5.5% NHS pay award for 2024/25
The Welsh government has announced a 5.5% pay award for NHS Wales staff on Agenda for Change terms and conditions, accepting the independent pay review body recommendations in full.
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Caring for people with sickle cell disease and thalassaemia syndromes: a competency framework for nursing staff
This updated competency framework is intended to guide all health care professionals working with sickle cell and thalassaemia patients.
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Making Sense of Women’s Health
This updated publication is designed for the non-specialist nurse. It highlights conditions that women can experience, the likely outcomes and how to access appropriate resources or treatment.
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Continuing learning and development for RCN Reps
Continuing learning and development for RCN representatives (CL&D for reps) is a programme of ongoing learning that supports all RCN reps to maintain, develop and enhance their knowledge and skills. This framework was developed collaboratively by reps and staff across the UK, to keep our learning opportunities and resources accessible, up-to-date, quality assured and consistent across the UK.
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Fertility Preservation
This publication provides information for nurses who are supporting and caring for those beginning treatment for potentially life-limiting diseases and where the treatment may adversely affect their ability to have children in the future. This updated guidance also encompasses those who may wish, for non-medical reasons, to defer having children until later in life, for example, members of the armed forces, transgender people, or those considering gender reassignment surgery.
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry’s evidence from Professor Kevin Fong and Professor Sir Chris Whitty
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Today’s evidence profoundly captures the relentless devastation nursing staff faced during the pandemic. Despite trying to give patients the best care, they faced an almost unimaginable scale of death in a health and care system which was completely overwhelmed."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to HSSIB workforce and patient safety report
RCN Chief Nursing Officer Lynn Woolsey said: “The findings that temporary nursing staff, including those from ethnic minority backgrounds, are being discriminated against and prevented from raising concerns about patient safety are extremely serious. This requires swift and decisive action from NHS leaders."
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Specialist nurse workforce on track to halve in size compared with two decades ago, as RCN urges government to intervene on eve of Darzi review
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “A shift to delivering preventative care is vital for patients and our NHS. Prevention helps keep people healthy in their communities, eases the pressure on hospital services and is much more cost effective. But the nurse numbers we need to deliver this shift have collapsed and we’re set to have thousands fewer than we did 20 years ago. That is shocking."
