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Keeping safe when working alone

This pocket guide will help prepare you for lone working. It provides a checklist to run through before a home visit, along with what to look out for whilst on a visit and what to report afterwards. Remember, The NMC Code states that you should take account of your own personal safety as well as those you care for

Personal safety when working alone: guidance for members working in health and social care

This short guide has been developed for members who work alone. It also contains a checklist for RCN safety representatives who work on negotiating improvements to workplace safety for members and nurse managers who manage lone working staff. For those wanting more in-depth information on lone working, there is a list of sources of further information in the back of the guide

Regulation and recognition

Lindsay Cardwell says it’s time for assistant practitioners to be regulated

How to support staff off sick with work-related stress

RCN steward Phil Noyes shares his advice on how to make sure members experiencing work-related stress get the sick pay they're entitled to

From Congress to constitution

RCN members have influenced a new law in England and Wales to better protect nursing staff from assaults

Immunisation services and large-scale vaccination delivery during COVID-19

Pregnancy and maternity toolkit

This maternity toolkit is designed to provide you with all the information you need about maternity leave, pay, changing employment and your rights on returning to work. This resource is to be used in conjunction with the pregnancy toolkit which covers all our pregnancy related FAQs.