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South West Board meeting open session
All RCN members who work in the South West are automatically invited to observe the open session of their regional board meeting.
Updated: 16 May 2026 -
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Annual Report 2025-2026
Our first Group Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy was published in May 2024. We have committed to producing an annual report on its progress and impact since that time. This, our second report, highlights our ongoing activity to strengthen our EDI foundations and build on what we have l...
Updated: 14 May 2026 -
Workplace Teams: Session Calendar
Over these sessions, we’ll explore what power really means, how to grow it in our workplaces, and how to use it to win real change for ourselves, our patients and our profession. From understanding the theory behind organising to having the kinds of conversations that move people to action, and you’...
Updated: 16 May 2026 -
South West Board meeting open session
All RCN members who work in the South West are automatically invited to observe the open session of their regional board meeting.
Updated: 16 May 2026 -
BRIEFING: Initial findings from the Royal College of Nursing 2026 Last Shift Survey
RCN briefing on the initial findings from the Royal College of Nursing 2026 Last Shift Survey.
Updated: 17 May 2026 -
Congress 2026 livestream
Members can tune in to watch debates and main hall events via our Congress 2026 livestream from Monday 18 May to Thursday 21 May.
Updated: 17 May 2026 -
Nursing leader warns collapsing nurse growth and rising complexity a ‘deadly mix’ for patients
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “Widespread vacancies of registered nurses are always unsafe, but the risk is being compounded by the demands of delivering ever more complex care to an ageing, sicker population, with multiple conditions. It is a deadly mix."
Updated: 18 May 2026 -
Nursing workforce shortages and surging complexity are increasing the risk for patients and staff, warns nursing union
A challenging mix of a failure to fill the gaps in the nursing workforce and increasing patient need are leaving staff struggling to keep people safe, as a quarter say registered nurse numbers are so far below what is required that there is now a high risk of harm on shift.
Updated: 18 May 2026 -
From risk to rights: nursing innovation for safe hospital care for people seeking sanctuary
Hosted by the RCN Public Health Forum and the Greater Liverpool and Knowsley Branch, collaborating with Liverpool John Moores University's School of Nursing, Public and Allied Health, with Doctors of the World
Updated: 18 May 2026 -
Why recognising nursing as a STEM profession matters for Wales's future workforce
Scientific, technological and analytical expertise already underpin modern nursing practice; formal STEM status would strengthen recruitment, visibility and innovation across Wales.
Updated: 18 May 2026
