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‘Dashboard flashing red’ as new international joiners collapse 50% and domestic recruitment stalls, warns RCN
RCN Chief Nursing Officer Lynn Woolsey said: “This data shows the nursing profession is potentially entering the worst of all worlds. International recruitment is collapsing, even before further hostile immigration policies come in, while the number of domestic joiners continues to stall."
Updated: 5 December 2025 -
BRIEFING: RCN Employment Survey 2025: Scotland summary
The RCN Employment Survey, which runs every two years, is a significant barometer of how our members feel in their jobs. Wherever they work – NHS or the independent health and social care sectors – the survey gives our members the opportunity to tell us what it is really like in nursing at the momen...
Updated: 5 December 2025 -
POLICY: NHS Delivery - a new national delivery organisation to lead transformation across our health and social care system
RCN Scotland response to the Scottish Government consultation on NHS Delivery - a new national delivery organisation to lead transformation across our health and social care system
Updated: 5 December 2025 -
Patients should not be forced to endure four more years of this as NHS data shows services not ready for winter, warns Royal College of Nursing
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “These figures show that before the cold weather hits and the flu season peaks, the health service is already struggling to cope with numbers across the board higher than last year."
Updated: 5 December 2025 -
Catheter Care
Continence is one of the fundamentals of nursing care and maintaining continence can significantly increase a patient’s quality of life. This update reflects NMC guidance around the standards that nurses must maintain throughout their careers to keep their knowledge and skills up to date, and includ...
Updated: 5 December 2025 -
International Teamwork: Finding Courage in the Chaos
Elsa Afonso from the RCN’s International Academy talks about the RCN’s recent work to support nurses in Sri Lanka following Cyclone Ditwah which struck the country last week and brought catastrophic floods.
Updated: 5 December 2025 -
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Toolkit in Action - Delivering safe and effective care:
Our members continually raise concerns about the challenges they encounter accessing continuous professional development (CPD) and lifelong learning opportunities. As the workforce crisis has grown across the UK, a lack of employer support and increasing staffing pressures have left nursing staff fi...
Updated: 5 December 2025 -
Making research practical: A beginner's guide to nursing journal clubs
Hosted by Dr Zena Aldridge, NIHR Nursing and Midwifery Associate Director for Social Care, join us to explore journal clubs: what they are, why they are important, and how to start one.
Updated: 5 December 2025 -
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The power of plants
Good for us, great for patients – here’s why houseplants benefit everyone, and how one nurse brought some green goodness into her hospital.
Updated: 5 December 2025 -
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Calling time on overworking
Working extra time at the end of each shift can have a detrimental effect on wellbeing. Registered nurse Zoe wants nursing staff to work together to put a stop to working over shift
Updated: 5 December 2025
