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‘We strike for the future of the NHS’: RCN strike action begins
The largest strike in RCN history starts today, as nursing staff in England, Northern Ireland and Wales demand fair pay and patient safety.
Updated: 13 January 2025 -
RCN Congress 2024: booking now open with exciting agenda
We’re looking ahead to lively debates on important topics affecting the nursing profession, such as assisted dying, access to controlled drugs in care homes and regulating the nursing support workforce.
Updated: 6 July 2024 -
Safe nurse staffing law in Wales: improvements made to patient care, but stricter guidance is needed
We’ve launched our latest report on the impact of the Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016 on health care delivery.
Updated: 27 April 2024 -
RCN demands new negotiations following NHS consultant pay offer
We remain in dispute with the UK government regarding NHS nursing pay in England with more than 100,000 members voting for further strike action in our last ballot.
Updated: 29 April 2024 -
RCN responds to 50,000 extra nurses claim: ‘political target not based in reality’
The NHS waiting list is growing four times faster than the nurse workforce.
Updated: 29 April 2024 -
RCN Eastern - Learning resources
The RCN Eastern team has shared details of opportunities for learning as a member of the RCN.
Updated: 15 November 2024 -
Rising cost of living makes nursing staff reconsider future in the profession
More than half of nursing staff in the East of England could quit the profession in the next five years as the impact of low pay and the rising cost of living leaves most worse off than a year ago.
Updated: 26 August 2024 -
Essex nurse honoured for supporting international nursing staff
A nurse based in Essex has been honoured for her work supporting international nursing staff and the profession as a whole.
Updated: 2 November 2024 -
Norfolk nurse awarded for voluntary role and support for nursing profession
An emergency medicine nurse in Norfolk has been honoured for her exceptional contribution in representing and supporting her profession.
Updated: 2 November 2024 -
RCN members vote to reject pay offer for nursing staff in Northern Ireland
The results of the RCN’s consultation on the HSC pay offer for nursing staff in Northern Ireland have been announced.
Updated: 20 August 2024
