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POLICY: Delivering the Five Year Forward View
Briefing exploring and celebrating innovative, patient-centred nursing across three of the seven care models in the Five Year Forward View (FYFV).
Updated: 23 March 2017 -
POLICY: RCN briefing on implementing the recommendations of the Freedom to Speak Up review
A briefing for RCN members on the Department of Health England's Freedom to Speak Out consultation, running until 4 June 2015.
Updated: 23 March 2017 -
POLICY: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
The RCN has continued to lobby against the inclusion of health services since the publication of its position statement on TTIP in October 2014. There have been a number of developments both in terms of TTIP itself and RCN activity which are outlined in the attached update briefing on TTIP.
Updated: 23 March 2017 -
POLICY: Experiments in Autonomy
Experiments in Autonomy: Vanguards, Devos, and the Five Year Forward View Briefing describing the origins and provides analysis of two key aspects of that activity: NHS England's Vanguard programme, and the Devo Manc initiative in North West England. It further considers the challenges they present ...
Updated: 4 March 2021 -
POLICY: The Queen’s Nursing Institute and Royal College of Nursing
In 2014 the Royal College of Nursing and the Queen's Nursing Institute both published reports on the current state of the District Nursing profession and workforce. Following on from these reports, the RCN and QNI convened a round table of experts in the field to discuss the challenges facing the pr...
Updated: 23 March 2017 -
POLICY: Integrated health and social care in England
This briefing paper is part of a series of RCN documents examining the policies and practical arrangements surrounding the integration of health and social care in the UK. It provides an update on the latest developments in integrating health and social care in England since May 2014, including: the...
Updated: 23 March 2017 -
POLICY: Registered Nurses and Health Care Support Workers
A summary of established RCN positions on the education of the registered and non-registered nursing workforce. This policy document was updated in December 2015.
Updated: 23 March 2017 -
POLICY: The Magnet Recognition Programme
Briefing providing a short overview of the Magnet Recognition Programme and includes a description of what Magnet actually is, a brief history of its development, information on the application process and how it has affected nursing retention and patient care - both in the United States and interna...
Updated: 23 March 2017 -
POLICY: The Royal College of Nursing response to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) evaluation of the revalidation pilots
The Nursing and Midwifery Council will soon be making a decision about what the final model for revalidation will look like, and when they do so they will take into account the results of the pilots which took place across the UK in the summer of 2015. The RCN has engaged extensively with members wh...
Updated: 23 March 2017 -
POLICY: Seven day care in England
Written to update 2015 Congress delegates, this publication looks at the most recent developments on seven day care, including the UK government’s decision to extend seven day services in England. The document outlines the RCN’s position, describes the financial challenges for the NHS in England and...
Updated: 23 March 2017