Walking my Mum home: reflections on care, loss, and a new chapter

The last week of my Mum’s life was both the hardest and the most profound experience I’ve ever lived through. It was a week where time slowed, where every breath mattered, and where the boundaries between being a daughter and being a nurse blurred into something deeply human. I had always known that...

Networks in Scotland

scotland networks

Women's Health Forum

This forum covers all aspects of women's health, and we work with charities and voluntary groups associated with women's health as well as other clinical bodies and parliamentary groups.

Assisted dying bill in England and Wales: what nursing staff need to know 

Conversations around assisted dying are complex, involving many legal, ethical, medical, socio-cultural and religious issues. We’re advocating for safeguards to ensure nursing staff are protected as the bill progresses through the Houses of Parliament

Assisted Dying in Scotland

Information about the legislation on assisted dying currently progressing through the Scottish Parliament.

Accreditation

The RCN accredits learning and development initiatives for a diverse range of clients who want to guarantee that their initiatives are of the highest quality.

Rising from the fire: How Myanmar’s Nursing Students Reached Graduation Against the Odds

Marcus Wootton, Associate Director of the RCN International Nursing Academy, recounts yesterday’s extraordinary graduation ceremony of student nurses in Myanmar who have, against all odds, completed their nursing degrees while Myanmar’s civil war continues. The programme, which the RCN has supported...

The Phoenix Nursing Programme: Rising from the fire

On 1 February 2021, the military seized power in Myanmar, prompting health care workers - alongside teachers, civil servants, and students - to join a nationwide civil disobedience movement. Nursing care continued, but it moved underground. The Phoenix Bachelor of Nursing Science was created through...

Early career nurses network events

University Hospitals Southampton: low morale is no surprise

University Hospitals Southampton: low morale is no surprise