Blogs
Read the latest opinions from the RCN in Wales
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blog posts
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7 Feb 2022
LGBTQ+ history month gives us all the opportunity to demonstrate inclusive nursing practice and show much needed allyship to LGBTQ+ communities
I believe nurses are so powerfully prevalent at driving equality and inclusion forward into the future.
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31 Jan 2022
Remembering Alun Islwyn Giles
The Alun Islwyn Giles scholarship was established on 21 December 1989 to honour the amazing contribution he made to the nursing profession
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17 Jan 2022
On this Blue Monday 2022 - Nurses are blue in the face from shouting for help
While there are many nurses who still feel proud, passionate, and motivated there are also many who are fed up with being patronised, put upon and treated as subservient masochists
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7 Jan 2022
RCN Council January update to members
RCN Council members share their updates from the past month and detail how they are supporting members through their work. Vice-Chair of RCN Council, Mel Kerr, introduces this month’s update to members.
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6 Jan 2022
Wishing you a happy and healthy new year!
Nicky Hughes, Associate Director of Nursing (Employment Relations), RCN Wales, shares her thanks and thoughts in her first blog of 2022
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22 Dec 2021
2021 Retrospective at RCN Wales: Thank you
A huge thank you from Helen Whyley, RCN Wales Director, as we look back on a busy year of campaigning and supporting our members
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19 Nov 2021
The indicative ballot is here – have your say!
Nicky Hughes, Associate Director (Employment Relations), RCN Wales, encourages all eligible members to vote in the indicative ballot, open until 30 November, and for everyone to get involved in the campaign for #FairPayforNursing
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3 Nov 2021
Calling members for the next stage in our fight for Fair Pay For Nursing
RCN Wales’ Associate Director of Nursing Nicky Hughes on the indicative ballot for NHS members in Wales and England, which opens on 4 November 2021, and the next stage in the campaign for Fair Pay for Nursing
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22 Sep 2021
Consultative ballot - WOW what a turnout!
RCN Wales’ Associate Director of Nursing Nicky Hughes reacts to the result of the consultative ballot carried out with NHS Wales members on the announced 3% pay award
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5 Sep 2021
Enough is enough – Use the RCN Ballot to tell the Welsh Government 3% is unacceptable
The ballot gives us the chance to use our voice. If we don't, it will indicate that we are happy with what the Welsh Government is doing, that nurses and carers will not fight for fair pay in future.
