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Managing Unacceptable Behaviour
This new publication outlines how RCN staff, reps and members should approach working with each other. It highlights what steps will be taken when the standards aren’t met; provides guidance for reps who are subjected to unacceptable behaviour; and outlines what support is available to them.
Updated: 4 February 2021 -
The Value of Reps: In Our Own Words
This book showcases the work of RCN accredited representatives. In the summer of 2017, a group of reps from all four corners of the UK were invited to share their experiences and feelings. This book features their stories, told in their own words. One half of the book focuses on the many ways in whi...
Updated: 4 February 2021 -
RCN Ethical Impact Assessment Tool
This RCN ethical impact assessment tool will help you decide on a course of action or planning a piece of work by answering a series of questions.
Updated: 4 February 2021 -
Key messages from the RCN’s response to the NMC consultations on pre-registration standards and education
This is a summary of key messages from the RCN's response to a series of NMC consultations (publication code 006447). These consultations focus on changes to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Standards to ensure future nurses are fit for practice at the point of registration.
Updated: 4 February 2021 -
RCN position on the substitution of mental health nurses in inpatient mental health wards across the UK
RCN position on the substitution of mental health nurses in inpatient mental health wards across the UK
Updated: 2 October 2023 -
Understanding Benchmarking
Updated guidance that explains the advantages of benchmarking, provides a model of benchmarking to help get you started and includes an example of benchmarking in practice.
Updated: 4 February 2021 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to launch of the Green Party manifesto
RCN Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Pledges to boost the pay of NHS workers are positive, but the money in these plans doesn’t appear sufficient to deliver the substantial above inflation pay rise nursing staff need. There is also no specific promise to ...
Updated: 18 November 2024 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to the Health Secretary’s comments on corridor care
Executive Director of RCN England Patricia Marquis said “The Heath Secretary is right to recognise the crisis that leaves patients treated in corridors. Being honest about it is the first important step. Nursing staff are genuinely fearful of what’s ahead this winter."
Updated: 22 May 2025 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to proposed update to NHS Constitution for England
Professor Nicola Ranger, RCN Chief Nursing Officer and Deputy Chief Executive said: “Patients are already able to request intimate care from a staff member of the same sex, but in an NHS missing tens of thousands of nursing staff it is nigh-on impossible to accommodate with any consistency. It’s als...
Updated: 30 April 2024 -
Out of area placements symptom of mental health system without enough beds or staff, says Royal College of Nursing
RCN UK Professional Lead for Mental Health Ben Thomas said: “Some of the most vulnerable are being shunted around the country at a time when they need stability. This is a symptom of a mental health system which has neither the beds nor the workforce to deliver care closer to home. It’s an unaccepta...
Updated: 20 April 2025
