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Depleted social care workforce burnt out and demoralised as underfunding issues persist, warns Royal College of Nursing
The depleted nursing workforce in adult social care is so burnt out from caring for too many people that one in three are looking to leave.
Updated: 1 June 2026 -
Redundancy and reorganisation
A guide for RCN members who are facing reorganisation, redeployment or redundancy. It includes information on being put at risk and being called to formal meetings, along with information on voluntary redundancy and severance schemes.
Updated: 1 June 2026 -
RCN Scotland Last Shift Survey - Briefing
Every two years, the RCN conducts a major UK-wide survey of members. The Last Shift Survey asks respondents what the staffing levels were like the last time they were at work, how those staffing levels impacted on them, the care they were able to provide, and the impact of this on patients, service ...
Updated: 1 June 2026 -
Talks must now deliver genuine change for nursing, says RCN in response to mandate being announced for NHS Staff Council for Agenda for Change (AfC) pay negotiations
RCN Executive Director of Legal and Member Relations, Jo Galbraith-Marten, said: “Today’s announcement that talks will begin on reforming the NHS pay structure are an important step and testament to the dedicated campaigning of nursing staff."
Updated: 1 June 2026 -
Grouped application contact form
Form for RCN members acting as lead contacts for grouped review applications
Updated: 19 May 2026 -
Nursing students in Wales pushed into poverty despite existing support, RCN warns
RCN Wales is calling on the Welsh Government to undertake an urgent review of the true cost of studying nursing, and to ensure financial support reflects the real pressures students are facing.
Updated: 1 June 2026 -
RCN Northern Ireland Networks
RCN Northern Ireland Networks
Updated: 1 June 2026 -
Half a million children attended A&E in mental health crisis, as RCN calls for wider roll-out of mental health A+Es and for action on social determinants
Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health make joint intervention to stop children and young people facing ‘barbaric’ waits of up to 3 days in A&E.
Updated: 1 June 2026 -
The public health tools we can’t afford to lose: Partner notification and motivational interviewing
This blog looks at the history and importance of partner notification and motivational interviewing, and how these core nursing skills remain essential to public health.
Updated: 2 June 2026 -
CONSULTATION RESPONSE: Minimum service levels in event of strike action for hospital services
RCN response to the Department of Health and Social Care's (DHSC) consultation on the minimum service levels in event of strike action for hospital services.
Updated: 2 June 2026
