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All the latest on current nursing issues in Wales and updates on the work of RCN Wales.

22 May 2025
RCN Wales responds to Welsh Government's NHS pay award for 2025/26

NHS Wales staff on Agenda for Change contracts will receive a 3.6% pay increase backdated to 1 April 2025.
29 Apr 2025
RCN and BMA in Wales unite to launch petition to end corridor care

The Royal College of Nursing and the British Medical Association in Wales raise the alarm on patient safety in Welsh hospitals and health care services
11 Apr 2025
Nursing education to continue at Cardiff University

RCN welcomes Cardiff University’s decision to keep its School of Nursing but says the university has much to do to regain the trust of the nursing profession.
26 Mar 2025
RCN Council member for Wales announced

Tristan Griffin has been elected as the new RCN Council member for Wales.
21 Mar 2025
Speaking up for nursing education in Wales

RCN student ambassadors gathered at the Senedd to voice their concerns to politicians.
19 Mar 2025
Don’t scrap top-ranked nursing degree, RCN urges Cardiff University

RCN Wales has formally responded to Cardiff University’s internal consultation on the proposed closure of its School of Nursing, expressing deep concern over the impact.
16 Jan 2025
“It makes me really sad to be a nurse in these times”: RCN report reveals harrowing effects of corridor care in Wales

Raw testimonies of nursing staff show a healthcare crisis that is unsafe, undignified, and unacceptable.
22 Nov 2024
Clinical nurse specialist named RCN Wales Nurse of the Year 2024

Madelaine Watkins is changing perceptions and improving access to services in a role that was only piloted 4 years ago.
4 Nov 2024
NHS pay consultation in Wales: RCN members vote reject

Nearly three quarters of members who voted said the 5.5% pay award isn’t enough.
4 Nov 2024
RCN members reject Welsh government’s inadequate NHS pay award
Press release
An overwhelming 72% of Royal College of Nursing (RCN) members working in the NHS in Wales who took part in the consultation voted to reject the Welsh government's proposed 5.5% pay increase for 2024/25.