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Royal College of Nursing responds to the UK Government's NHS Mandate and NHS England's 2025/26 priorities and operational planning guidance
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “The health secretary says he wants to get ‘back to basics’, but the basic truth is you cannot cut waiting times and transform care without tackling the crisis in nursing."
Updated: 30 June 2025 -
Nursing staff still reporting corridor care as jam-packed hospitals struggle with norovirus and delayed discharges
RCN Executive Director for England Patricia Marquis said: “We still don't know how many patients are being cared for in these conditions and the government needs to be open with the public about the scale of the challenge. Transparency is crucial to turning this situation around."
Updated: 23 June 2025 -
Pressure on nursing staff unrelenting as norovirus surges in NHS, says RCN
RCN Executive Director for England Patricia Marquis, said: “From one of the busiest summers ever, to now surging norovirus, the pressure on nursing staff is unrelenting. They are doing their best to keep people safe, but widespread vacancies and not enough beds mean they face an impossible job. Acro...
Updated: 6 July 2025 -
RCN position on asbestos in health and social care buildings
RCN position on asbestos in health and social care buildings
Updated: 3 October 2023 -
Guidance on pin site care
This publication is under review and is due to be republished early 2020. Publication produced as a result of the project and offers guidance for the practice of pin site care based on expert opinion.
Updated: 4 February 2021 -
A decisive decade: Mapping the future NHS workforce
Interim report taken from the forthcoming Royal College of Nursing Labour Market Review (LMR) 2011. Looks at the challenges facing nursing and the nursing workforce across the UK in 2011 which we believe are the greatest for a generation.
Updated: 4 February 2021 -
Public Health White Paper
Full response to the Public Health White Paper including an executive summary, responses to individual chapters and specific consultations questions within the white paper and the results of the consultation survey carried out by the RCN.
Updated: 4 February 2021 -
Making our voice heard
RCN Scotland is the voice of nursing. We represent nurses, nursing students and health care support workers. We promote excellence in practice and influence Scottish Government policies.
Updated: 4 February 2021 -
The principles of nursing practice card
Card gives the background information on what the Nursing Principles are, why we need them, how they were put together, who put them together and what they can be used for.
Updated: 4 February 2021 -
Report of Congress 2010
Report of Congress 2010 from the forty-third meeting of RCN Congress. Held on 25 to 29 April 2010 at Bournemouth International Centre (BIC).
Updated: 4 February 2021
