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When leadership meets dedication – RCN General Secretary visits Scotland’s Nurse of the Year
Today (19 September), Nicola Ranger, RCN General Secretary & Chief Executive, visited Rashielee Care Home in Erskine, to meet with our 2025 Scotland Nurse of the Year, Kirsty Cartin, who manages the care home and her award-winning Deputy, Jennifer Carruthers, our 2025 winner of the Care Home Nursing...
Updated: 17 February 2026 -
Don’t waste time and start pay talks now, NHS unions tell health secretary
Wes Streeting has been warned by NHS unions not to waste any more time before starting formal negotiations on pay and reform.
Updated: 17 February 2026 -
Underpayment of wages
A guide for RCN members who have been underpaid by their employer.
Updated: 18 February 2026 -
One year on from Scotland’s Nursing and Midwifery Taskforce
A year on from the publication of the Ministerial Nursing and Midwifery Taskforce report, RCN Scotland is calling for urgent action from the Scottish government to deliver the change our members were promised.
Updated: 18 February 2026 -
Nursing Pay in Wales
Details of the agreed three year pay deal for 2018-2021 for NHS staff on Agenda for Change contracts in Wales. See the RCN's calls for moving forward on NHS pay
Updated: 18 February 2026 -
Mpox
A guide for RCN members on Mpox including both clinical and employment issues
Updated: 18 February 2026 -
RCN position on Mpox infection and the protection of healthcare workers by employers
RCN position on Mpox infection and the protection of healthcare workers by employers
Updated: 1 November 2024 -
Record 12-hour A&E waits show how endemic corridor care is, says RCN
Executive Director of RCN England Patricia Marquis, said: “Nursing staff have been sounding the alarm for far too long about the crisis in our A&E departments. Today’s figures show just how endemic corridor care is and the damage being done to patient care."
Updated: 18 February 2026 -
Government announces ‘significant’ improvement to nursing career progression following RCN talks
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said today’s announcement is significant progress on career progression for nursing staff.
Updated: 18 February 2026 -
Age discrimination in reformed public service pension schemes
A guide for RCN members around age discrimination in public sector pension schemes following the McCloud judgment.
Updated: 19 February 2026
