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GUIDANCE: Safe Nurse Staffing Levels in the UK
Staffing levels have always been an issue. “What is the optimal level and mix of nurses required to deliver quality care as cost-effectively as possible?” is a perennial question. This report sets out the range of different factors that influence the total demand for staff and highlights the variety...
Updated: 4 March 2021 -
Frontline First: Congress 2011 update
The RCN believes that when trusts are planning reductions or changes to NHS services these plans must be accompanied by robust risk and impact assessments to explicitly demonstrate that quality and safety of patient care will not be detrimentally affected.
Updated: 23 March 2017 -
Social enterprise and mutual organisations in the delivery of NHS funded healthcare
This paper provides an overview of the current policy context around the role of social enterprise, including mutuals or employee-led organisations, in delivering NHS-funded healthcare.
Updated: 19 August 2015 -
Competition in the NHS in England
This policy briefing provides an update on key Department of Health guidance which affects competition in the NHS in England.
Updated: 7 September 2015 -
New Foundations: the future of NHS trust providers
In February 2010 the Royal College of Nursing surveyed members in England working in NHS foundation trusts. The aim was to build a snapshot picture of our members’ opinions about their trusts to help us understand how foundation trusts are performing in the following areas: engaging with patients, l...
Updated: 21 August 2015 -
Social care reform in England
On the 30 March 2010, the White Paper Building the National Care Service (NCS) was unveiled. Described as ‘an historic reform’, the White Paper is the Government’s blueprint for fundamental reform of the social care system in England to build a comprehensive NCS, free at the point of use. It follows...
Updated: 7 September 2015 -
The independent sector in health and social care in England in 2009 and prospects for the future
This briefing provides an overview of the diverse non-NHS sector that is playing an increasingly important role in shaping and delivering health and social care in England. It provides a definition of the sector; basic facts about the range and extent of IS activity in health and social care in Engl...
Updated: 17 August 2015 -
An independent NHS board: What will it mean for nursing and nurses
Proposed in the Conservative Party’s 2007 White paper on health 'NHS Autonomy and Accountability', on the 20th May 2010 the Coalition Government announced its intention to “establish an independent NHS board to allocate resources and provide commissioning guidelines”. Details of the independent boar...
Updated: 24 August 2015 -
NHS White Paper
This is the factual briefing of the key themes in the NHS White Paper.
Updated: 3 September 2015 -
Care homes under pressure
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) care homes survey 2010 was undertaken to get a snapshot view of the current situation in England’s care homes sector, specifically focusing on capacity, workforce, meeting resident’s needs and quality of care. We surveyed registered nurses and health care assistant...
Updated: 7 September 2015
