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Raising Concerns
This document has been developed to help registered nurses identify and communicate concerns about issues which may impact on their ability to deliver safe, effective, and compassionate care to patients, service users and clients in their care and/or within their area of responsibility.
Updated: 15 June 2025 -
'Are You Hydrated?' poster
This poster encourages nursing staff to check their urine for signs of dehydration.
Updated: 17 July 2025 -
Gender Pay Gap Report 2024
This report outlines the statistics of the gender pay gap at the Royal College of Nursing for 2024.
Updated: 1 September 2025 -
Working with Dogs in Health Care Settings
This updated guidance highlights the precautions that should be taken when dogs are brought into various health care settings and provides clear guidance on all reasonable safeguards that should be put in place to protect patients or residents, visitors and staff. It covers the role of both the dog ...
Updated: 2 September 2025 -
Council's Report to Members on Congress 2024
This report details the activities that have been carried out by RCN members and staff to push forward with the resolutions and matters for discussions passed at Congress 2024.
Updated: 13 May 2025 -
Nursing Workforce Standards
The RCN’s Nursing Workforce Standards is the first national blueprint for tackling the nursing staff shortage in your workplace and across the UK.
Updated: 12 May 2025 -
The RCN Activism Strategy 2025 - 2027
The RCN’s Activism Strategy, developed by our Activism Academy is grounded in the experiences of our members and addresses their top priorities: safe staffing levels, fair pay, and working conditions. The strategy’s ambitions will help us grow our activist community, to empower members to become inf...
Updated: 2 June 2025 -
EDI Strategy: First year highlights and impact report
The RCN Group's first Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, launched in May 2024, outlines a commitment to embedding equity and inclusion throughout the RCN by challenging discrimination and promoting representation at all levels. Serving as a living document, the strategy sets 5 key prior...
Updated: 12 May 2025 -
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Ethical issues arising from the assisted dying debate
The assisted dying debate is complex, with confusion over definitions and the stance taken by professional bodies. It can also be challenging to make sense of the claims made by those who support changes in the law regarding assisted dying. End of life care is an important aspect of a nurse’s role a...
Updated: 22 November 2023 -
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Focus on asthma 2: air pollution and its effects on children and young people
This article is the second in a series on asthma. The first article identified that the UK is experiencing an ‘epidemic’ of childhood asthma and one of the major culprits is air pollution. This article examines the main causes of air pollution and how they affect the lung health of children from bef...
Updated: 16 November 2023
