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New initiative represents widening access for entry into nursing in Wales
RCN Wales welcomes this announcement of an additional route in to nursing for Healthcare Support Workers.
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RCN Wales responds to the Wales Audit Office’s Report on Agency Nursing Costs
Helen Whyley, Interim Director, Royal College of Nursing Wales, said: “The research shows that delivery of high quality patient care depends on the skills and experience of registered nurses. Wales’s ageing population and chronic disease rate makes it more dependent upon healthcare. What is evident from this report is that the demand for registered nurses has not diminished and the reliance agency staff has increased.
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RCN Wales expresses disappointment in statement from Betsi Cadwaladr UHB regarding rota changes
RCN Wales believes the decision made by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board to implement changes to nursing staff rotas will have a devastating impact on the morale of nurses and do little to address the very real problems faced by the Health Board of staff shortages and service pressures.
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RCN Wales launches report on the Safe Staffing Act
Progress and Challenge: The Implementation of the Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016 provides detailed information on the Health Boards’ progress during the past 18 months.
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RCN International Nursing Research Conference 2025
In person attendance bookings for this event are now closed. Virtual ticket sales will remain open until the evening of Sunday 7 September.
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RCN Wales announces Helen Whyley as Interim Director
Gaynor Jones MBE, Chair of RCN Welsh Board, welcomes Helen into her new role.
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RCN Wales responds to pay deal
The Welsh Government and the joint health trade unions in Wales have announced they have reached agreement on a proposed three-year pay deal for NHS staff in Wales
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RCN Wales premieres film about its safe staffing campaign success
RCN Wales took centre stage this week with the launch of ‘An Act of Compassion’, a film – published with a companion book– detailing the organisation’s success in lobbying for legislation to improve patient care.
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RCN Members Have Voted to Accept a new Three Year Pay Deal
The unanimous decision by the health trade unions in Wales to accept the pay proposals from the Welsh Government follows a month-long consultation with RCN Welsh members and comes on the back of the RCN’s successful “Scrap the Cap” campaign. Sixty-six percent of members who voted in the RCN Wales consultation said “Yes” to the deal. The results were accepted by the College’s Trade Union Committee and endorsed by the RCN Welsh Board and RCN Council.
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Next Phase of Regulation
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is seeking views on its next phase of regulation.
