Search results
-
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 -
The roller coaster of hybrid closed loop roll out
One year after the UK rollout of hybrid closed-loop systems, this Blog highlights the significant positives for patients, including improved glucose management, fewer hypoglycaemic episodes, and increased freedom.
Updated: 25 October 2025 -
A Day of Learning and Inspiration
Lead Nurse North West for Independent Health and Social Care, Melissa Stanton, reflects on the second annual RCN NW IHSC conference.
Updated: 25 October 2025 -
Ending Level 7 Apprenticeship funding undermines shift from hospitals to community, warns Royal College of Nursing
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Today’s announcement from the Education Secretary not only shuts off an important career route for staff but also undermines the government’s own ambition to shift care from hospitals to the community."
Updated: 25 October 2025 -
Take Five to Age Well: Empowering people towards healthier lives
This blog is aimed at all members but will be of particular interest to those who have an interest in public health and healthy aging. Take5 is running for the month of May in 2025.
Updated: 25 October 2025
