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Embracing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in independent health and social care
Sarah Seeley, the Eastern region's Lead Nurse for Independent Health and Social Care, outlines the need to foster equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in the sector.
Updated: 10 April 2026 -
Protecting those who care: why hazardous medicinal products demand urgent action
Louise Church – Health, Safety & Wellbeing Senior National Officer for the RCN, provides an update on this important work and how the RCN is influencing to protect nursing staff
Updated: 10 April 2026 -
Emergency departments now ‘places of prolonged and unnecessary suffering’, says Royal College of Nursing
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said:. "It breaks the hearts of nursing staff and doctors that patients are lining corridors, waiting hours to be seen. But the truth is staff face an impossible task, with too few of them and demand surging."
Updated: 10 April 2026 -
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From Scotland to Ghana: sharing knowledge to improve cancer care
Fiona has spent over a decade improving the realities of young Ghanaian cancer patients, navigating huge distances and challenges along the way.
Updated: 11 April 2026 -
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4 ways to talk to patients about strike action
How to explain why you’re prepared to join picket lines this winter
Updated: 11 April 2026 -
Remembering nurses awarded the Royal Red Cross in World War Two for exceptional devotion and bravery
Over a thousand UK and Commonwealth nurses received the Royal Red Cross Award in World War Two. The citations for the award reveal their bravery but also the horrors of nursing in wars.
Updated: 11 April 2026 -
The Voice of the Nursing Student in Wales
Richard Jones, MBE and former Chair of the RCN Wales Board, highlights how nursing students in Wales are shaping the future of healthcare through advocacy, leadership, and active engagement with the RCN, ensuring high standards of patient care and professional development.
Updated: 12 April 2026 -
Nursing staff 'faced with appalling hatred and intimidation', says Royal College of Nursing
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said:. "A sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric is fuelling a growing cesspool of racism, including against international and ethnic minority nursing staff, without whom our health and care system would simply cease to function....
Updated: 11 April 2026 -
RCN urges action following University of Nottingham’s decision to suspend Children’s and Mental Health Nursing programmes
The RCN has expressed deep concern over the University of Nottingham’s decision to suspend its Children’s Nursing and Mental Health Nursing courses from the 2026/27 intake, with a view to the permanent closure of these programmes.
Updated: 12 April 2026 -
RCN South East celebrates Black History Month 2025
RCN members from across the region attend Black History Month celebratory event.
Updated: 11 April 2026
