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Health Secretary’s stance on diversity roles is ‘playing politics’, RCN says
Steve Barclay’s instruction to NHS managers to stop recruiting to diversity and inclusion roles creates ‘false division’, threatens staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.
Updated: 19 March 2024 -
Mental health parity: 'It feels like a losing battle'
Nursing staff raise alarm over mental health care inequality, saying it’s got worse since the pandemic and governments have failed to address the issue.
Updated: 10 March 2024 -
Sexual harassment in health care: ‘We can’t have slogans, we’ve got to have action’
RCN tells MPs how sexual misconduct affects nursing staff in the NHS workforce, during evidence session in Parliament.
Updated: 24 March 2024 -
Israel and Gaza conflict: all parties must respect and protect access to health care
The RCN stands with other global health organisations to condemn every attack on health care workers and their patients
Updated: 15 November 2023 -
Urgent investment in the nursing workforce needed as waiting lists look set to soar
Patients will only get the treatment they deserve when there are enough nursing staff to care for them, the RCN says.
Updated: 26 March 2024 -
‘Divisive’ rise in costs for overseas nursing staff will deepen NHS staffing crisis
We’ve written to the Home Secretary to condemn the planned increase in costs for overseas health workers and nursing students coming to the UK.
Updated: 5 March 2024 -
Adult social care: workforce plans encouraging, but government investment crucial
As the voice of nursing, we expect to influence the development of a new social care workforce plan.
Updated: 12 October 2023 -
Minimum service level regulations: ‘government should focus on investing in the nursing workforce’
RCN responds to plans to consult on having minimum service levels during strikes, which could mean nursing staff being forced to work or risk losing their job.
Updated: 17 February 2024 -
Members working for CQC say pay award is acceptable
Backdated payment is expected in October, but RCN will now explore CQC’s wider commitments.
Updated: 24 February 2024 -
RCN launches new definition of nursing
The nursing profession has evolved over the past few decades and is the largest profession in health and social care. As such, we’ve updated our definition, so it reflects the complexity, range of skills and huge responsibility of registered nurses and is relevant for the wider nursing workforce.
Updated: 9 May 2024
