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Resolution: Should nursing support workers be regulated?
That this meeting of RCN Congress asks the RCN to lobby the government on the mandatory regulation of the nursing support workforce. This resolution was passed by voting members at Congress 2024.
Updated: 1 November 2024 -
Preceptorship beyond the hospital
Rohanna Finch from Hampshire County Council discusses why preceptorship in social care matters now more than ever.
Updated: 27 February 2026 -
Matter for discussion: Are external reviews meaningful?
That this meeting of RCN Congress discusses whether external reviews and enquiries are genuinely driving meaningful improvements in safety across health and social care.
Updated: 17 April 2026 -
Immigration measures could ‘accelerate’ staffing crisis, nursing union warns
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: "Our report shows thousands of migrant nursing staff are ready to leave the UK. This situation is bad enough, but now the government’s cruel measures could accelerate this exodus, doing great damage to key services."
Updated: 12 October 2025 -
Public Health Nursing Practice
This RCN leaflet has been designed to be used by public health nurses as a reflective/revalidation tool. It highlights some areas of the NMC’s code of practice in relation to public health and the corresponding Faculty of Public Health’s core competences to help you consider areas of practice you mi...
Updated: 5 July 2021 -
RCN Education Forum Conference 2026
Booking is now open for the RCN Education Conference 2026.
Updated: 8 April 2026 -
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Revalidation: implications for senior nurses
Learn about the senior nurse’s responsibilities in supporting registrants through each stage of the Nursing and Midwifery Council's revalidation process in the UK.
Updated: 22 April 2026 -
RCN position statement on exceptions to the limiting of the individual element of the child element of child tax credit and the child element of universal credit to a maximum of two children
RCN position on exceptions to the limiting of the individual element of the child element of child tax credit and the child element of universal credit to a maximum of two children
Updated: 31 January 2023 -
Celebrating Learning Disability Nurses’ Day
The 1st of November is marked across the UK as Learning Disability Nurses’ Day – as on this day in 1919, the first Registered Nurse in Learning Disability was registered. In this piece Jonathan Beebee reflects on what's changed since then.
Updated: 2 March 2026 -
Matter for discussion: Accountable, compassionate and psychologically safe leadership
That this meeting of RCN Congress discusses how the RCN can help create a culture where accountability, compassion, and psychological safety coexist, enabling managers to lead effectively while ensuring all staff feel respected and protected.
Updated: 17 April 2026
