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The community nursing workforce in England
In the last decade parallel goals for financial efficiency in the NHS and for care pathways which deliver the best outcomes for patients have aligned to ensure a consistent policy objective to move care out of acute (hospital) settings and into people's homes and communities.
Updated: 14 August 2015 -
Social care reform in England
Nursing plays a distinct and critical role in health and social care as nursing staff frequently work on the interface between the two care systems.
Updated: 3 September 2015 -
Social care reform
The long awaited care and support white paper and an accompanying draft bill and progress report on funding reform were published on 11 July 2012. Much of the content of the white paper and bill were derived from the Government’s consultation on social care reform that the RCN responded to in Decemb...
Updated: 3 September 2015 -
RCN factsheet on nurse prescribing in the UK
Updated December 2014. Over the years, the RCN’s Policy and International Department has received a lot of interest from national nurses’ associations to find out more about nurse prescribing in the UK and the evidence to support it. This fact sheet discusses statistics, education, training and regu...
Updated: 21 August 2015 -
RCN factsheet: Clinical senates and strategic clinical networks
Short briefing on clinical senates and strategic clinical networks, two new types of organisation formed by the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
Updated: 23 March 2017 -
Ontario (Canada) deficit crisis and health reforms
The RCN has worked in close collaboration with its equivalent nursing organisation in Canada to highlight Ontario’s deficit crisis in the 1990s, its subsequent health reforms and the impact of these reforms on the nursing workforce and wider health care system. Ontario’s experience with implementing...
Updated: 2 September 2015 -
The South West Pay Cartel
The RCN has published a briefing showing the likely effect of moves towards regional pay in the south west of England. The briefing showing the precarious nature of health care in the region and how trusts have already begun cutting jobs and services to meet financial targets.
Updated: 3 September 2015 -
RCN factsheet: Friends and family test
Short briefing on the introduction of the Friends and Family test which will require all providers of NHS funded acute services for inpatients and patients discharged from A&E to ask patients whether they would recommend the service.
Updated: 4 September 2015 -
RCN factsheet: Local healthwatch
Short briefing on Local Healthwatch, one of the new types of organisation formed by the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
Updated: 23 March 2017 -
Future of nursing: Analysis on the global direction of travel for the nursing profession
This RCN briefing identifies key trends that have emerged from national vision strategies in England, the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Northern Ireland and complement the RCN’s This is nursing initiative which looks at the reality of nursing and outlines areas for further investment in edu...
Updated: 23 March 2017
