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BRIEFING: Frontline Nurse Leadership: An International Perspective
This briefing analyses the experiences of Australia, New Zealand and the United States on the issue of ward leadership, and whether these case studies offer any lessons for the UK around key areas such as: having clear roles and responsibilities, effective succession planning, and ensuring that leaders have realistic workloads.
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BRIEFING: Seven day care
The RCN supports the vision of a health and care system where people have access to high quality care when and where they need it, no matter the time of day or day of week.
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Registration of overseas trained nurses in the UK
International nurses and midwives have become an important part of the workforce in many western countries and the United Kingdom (UK) has long benefited from their skills and expertise. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is undertaking a review of its registration process for overseas trained nurses and midwives. This briefing provides a discussion of the experiences and systems used in other countries that also have a heavy reliance on the intake of ONTs. The purpose is to give an overview of the key issues and reflect on the experiences of other countries, highlighting opportunities to learn from some of their challenges and successes.
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A FACTUAL GUIDE: Voting on the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union
The RCN has produced a briefing to provide members with information about the voting process for the EU referendum. This briefing includes information on who is eligible to vote, how to register to vote, and how to vote.
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Monitor and regulating the independent sector
Monitor is consulting on the best way to scrutinise the financial sustainability of independent sector providers who are providing essential services.
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RCN briefing on the NMC consultation on a proposed model of revalidation
The Nursing and Midwifery Council are consulting on proposals for the revalidation of nurses and midwives. This briefing is intended to provide background to these proposals and to highlight the key issues for nurses to consider.
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RCN position statement Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
The RCN has developed a position statement on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) treaty currently being negotiated between the EU and the US, calling for health services to be removed from any agreement. It calls for greater transparency, a cast-iron guarantee that health services will be exempted and the removal of the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism from the agreement.
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Involvement and accountability in the English health and social care system
A short briefing on the current arrangements for patient and public involvement, and public oversight and accountability, in the English health and social care system.
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Update on England's 14 integrated health and social care pioneer programmes
Latest briefing in the RCN's series of papers on integrated health and social care. It summarises the findings of a short RCN member survey that attempts to gain insight into the initial impact of the 14 English integrated pioneer programmes.
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A comparison of international systems for nurse revalidation
Findings contributing towards the RCN's response to the Nursing & Midwifery Council's consultation on a new system of revalidation for nurses in the United Kingdom.
