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Israel and Gaza conflict: RCN calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire
We’re standing with other global health organisations to condemn every attack on health care workers, their patients and all civilians.
Updated: 14 April 2024 -
Autumn statement: NHS needs urgent cash injection but was ‘entirely forgotten’
RCN says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt squandered the opportunity to change course ahead of the next election and support the NHS through an immensely tough winter.
Updated: 21 April 2024 -
RCN fights for members’ freedom to strike
We’ve responded to a UK government consultation on how to maintain minimum service levels in hospitals during strike action, saying ministers misled nursing staff on how they would be applied.
Updated: 22 April 2024 -
'Dangerously inadequate staffing levels': NHS waiting list growing 4 times faster than nurse workforce
RCN analysis exposes failure of UK government’s promise to recruit 50,000 nurses to tackle the crisis facing the NHS.
Updated: 14 April 2024 -
RCN instrumental in new warning system for spotting deterioration in children and young people
The patient safety tool was developed by NHS England, in partnership with the RCN, after calls for a standardised system to detect signs of clinical deterioration such as sepsis.
Updated: 2 April 2024 -
£3.2bn agency spend could have paid salaries of 31,000 nurses
New RCN analysis reveals cost of short-term approach to filling staffing gaps.
Updated: 6 December 2023 -
RCN London announce this year’s Rising Star Award winners
They work throughout London, this year's Rising Stars come from across the globe. Find out more about who they are and the inspirational work they are doing.
Updated: 1 March 2024 -
NHS spend millions on temporary nursing staff in failure to close recruitment gap in London
New analysis from the RCN reveals how much money has been spent on temporary nursing staff from 2020-2022.
Updated: 6 December 2023 -
Making the case for facilities time and facilities agreements in the NHS
This guidance sets out the provisions in the Trade Union Act, looks at the benefits of union representation and facilities agreements and restates what the law and good practice say about the issue. It aims to provide you with information to make the case for facilities time and agreements. At the b...
Updated: 4 February 2021 -
Groundbreaking safe staffing legislation comes into force but more nurses are needed
Scotland’s safe staffing legislation comes into force from today (1 April 2024). This is an opportunity to acknowledge the years of RCN campaigning that have got us to this point.
Updated: 1 April 2024
