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Speaking up for students: ‘Nursing students are told we're advocates for patients, but who advocates for us?’
As the new student member of RCN Council, Sam is on a mission to ensure students feel valued by sharing their concerns, fighting for tuition fee support, and getting even more students involved in RCN action
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Bullying, fair pay, racism and retention: RCN President Sheila Sobrany tells us what she's focused on
Growing up in a community of nurses, Sheila has followed in the footsteps of those who came before her. She explains why she’s known as ‘the student nurse whisperer’ and her priorities for her presidency, including tackling equality, diversity and inclusion issues head on.
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'A game can bring a family together': Using play in community care
Betsan explains how her play visits in the community, along with her use of Welsh, are helping families move forward after traumatic events.
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Pat Cullen: ‘Your determination has been an inspiration’
After an historic year leading the world’s largest nursing union, RCN General Secretary & Chief Executive Pat Cullen addressed members at our annual conference, sharing her reflections on the courage of staff to take strike action and her commitment to campaign for safe nurse staffing ratios
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Collaborating with police on mental health care
How nursing staff and police can work together to improve mental health provisions
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From patients to colleagues: a personal journey into nursing
To mark World Cancer Day, three nurses reflect on how their experiences of teenage cancer a decade ago prompted them towards their profession, and continues to make them the nurses they are today
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The Soho clinic spearheading LGBTQ+ health care
Clinic manager Jon Clark from Soho sexual health clinic 56 Dean Street talks about the importance of the clinic's work to the LGBTQ+ community.
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Amplifying the voices of Arab nurses
The British Arab Nursing and Midwifery Association (BANMA) is providing support to professionals while advocating for improved health care in the British Arab community.
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Meet the NHS’s first Filipino CNO: ‘I hope people see me and realise they can do it too’
More than 25,000 nurses who are educated in the Philippines work in the NHS, but Oliver Soriano is the first to make it to the top.
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Safe staffing is critical to patient outcomes
Alison Paterson, Eastern member of the Professional Nursing Committee, talks about the RCN’s crucial work on safe staffing.
