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Hear from Claire: Reflections on ‘Adult Social Care – Is Nursing the Solution?’
On Tuesday 6 May, the Royal College of Nursing brought together an extraordinary range of voices from across the UK to set the background and start to explore a critical and timely question: Is nursing the solution to the adult social care crisis?
Updated: 19 October 2025 -
Nursing union updates its workforce standards and urges employers to adopt them as a 'matter of urgency'
RCN Chief Nursing Officer Lynn Woolsey said: "The Nursing Workforce Standards are already being used by RCN members to challenge staffing and safety issues in their workplaces. I am delighted that the newly revised edition takes into account new evidence as well as feedback from our members and nurs...
Updated: 19 October 2025 -
More affordable homes for nursing staff needed or lose staff, RCN London tells Sir Sadiq Khan
RCN London region welcomes plans by Mayor of London to build 6,000 rent-controlled homes for key workers – but more needs to be done.
Updated: 20 October 2025 -
‘I want to put equity into discussion in the boardroom’: get to know Suma John
Welsh clinical leadership trainee and RCN Wales Board member, Suma John, shares with us her nursing journey from university in India to the boardroom in Wales.
Updated: 20 October 2025 -
RCN Wales responds to Welsh Government's NHS pay award for 2025/26
NHS Wales staff on Agenda for Change contracts will receive a 3.6% pay increase backdated to 1 April 2025.
Updated: 20 October 2025 -
RCN Wales Responds to Welsh Government’s 3.6% NHS Pay Rise Announcement “Too Little, Too Late – Nursing Staff Deserve More”
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Wales has responded with deep disappointment to the Welsh government’s belated announcement of a 3.6% pay rise for NHS Wales staff, including nursing professionals.
Updated: 20 October 2025 -
Why doesn’t England have its own cancer plan (and does it matter)?
RCN Fellow Paul Trevatt (RN, FRCN, MSc, BSc Hons, Dip Counselling) charts a potted history of England’s cancer strategy and says nursing staff should advocate for the cancer care patients deserve.
Updated: 20 October 2025 -
RCN London tells London Assembly: Nursing needs your support
RCN London brought a delegation of members to City Hall on Wednesday 15 October to meet London Assembly members.
Updated: 21 October 2025 -
Pay Award for HSC staff in Northern Ireland signed off by Minister
The Health Minister, Mike Nesbitt, has announced that he has signed off on a pay award in line with the Pay Review Body (PRB) recommendation of a 3.6% pay rise for those employed under Agenda for Change terms and conditions for 2025-26.
Updated: 21 October 2025 -
Are you vaccinated?
RCN South East's Rian Gleave on why health care workers need to be proactive about vaccinations.
Updated: 23 October 2025
