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Nursing Support Workers' Day returns this autumn
Join us in highlighting the vital contribution nursing support workers make to patient care on Thursday 23 November.
Updated: 23 May 2025 -
RCN Congress 2024: agenda submissions and voting applications now open
Members encouraged to suggest nursing issues to be debated at RCN Congress in Newport next year.
Updated: 1 November 2024 -
RCN leads crucial discussion on nursing suicide prevention
Experts came together at RCN HQ to discuss the urgent issue of suicide prevention among nursing staff and launch a new toolkit to reduce suicide in the NHS workforce in England.
Updated: 10 February 2024 -
COVID inquiry: RCN makes submissions in preliminary hearing
We’re asking for long COVID to be recognised in disability law and for health care workers with ongoing health issues to be properly compensated.
Updated: 22 August 2025 -
RCN Awards: who will you nominate?
Every year the RCN recognises members who’ve made a difference to other members’ lives and the wider nursing profession. Now’s the time to tell us who should receive an RCN Award.
Updated: 1 April 2024 -
RCN calls for urgent investment in nursing as vacancies rise in Wales
RCN publishes new data showing a reliance on agency nursing and staff working thousands of extra hours every week.
Updated: 13 April 2024 -
RCN signs NHS sexual safety charter
We’ve joined other health organisations in committing to a zero-tolerance approach to harmful sexual behaviour in the workplace.
Updated: 11 February 2024 -
NHS pay update: staff denied lump sum in England could now get it in new funding deal
Following RCN campaigning, the UK government has announced it’ll provide funding for non-NHS organisations to give one-off payments to staff on dynamically linked Agenda for Change contracts, but clarity on eligibility and timing of payments is urgently needed.
Updated: 5 April 2024 -
RCN Nursing Awards: winners announced
Julie Roye, an inspirational nurse commended for transforming care in GP surgeries, has been named RCN Nurse of the Year 2023.
Updated: 11 November 2023 -
Autumn statement: NHS needs urgent cash injection but was ‘entirely forgotten’
RCN says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt squandered the opportunity to change course ahead of the next election and support the NHS through an immensely tough winter.
Updated: 21 April 2024