The Welsh government has announced a 5.5% pay award for NHS Wales staff on Agenda for Change terms and conditions, accepting the independent pay review body recommendations in full.
RCN Wales have called for an urgent response from the Welsh Government to the announcement from the UK Chancellor of a 5.5% pay award for nursing staff in England.
RCN’s annual Congress spotlighted the harrowing headlines in nursing across the UK, including unsafe staffing levels, normalised care in inappropriate settings and the alarming rise in nurses considering taking their own lives.
On the first day of RCN Congress, the union will declare a national emergency as it releases a new report on the topic of clinical care being delivered in inappropriate crowded areas and calls for corridor care to be eradicated from health and care settings.
RCN Wales Associate Director, Sandy Harding, responds to the Health Education Improvement Wales commissioning and training recommendations for the education of the health professionals workforce.
The Royal College of Nursing in Wales today released alarming figures from its 2023 Employment Survey, shedding light on the critical state of the nursing workforce in Wales.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) welcomes the recommendations put forth by the Health and Social Care Committee. The RCN believes these go some way to bolstering the range and influence of the Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016 into the future.
Following the launch of RCN Wales report 'Progress and Challenge: The Implementation of the Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016', Assembly Members have tabled a motion on the report which will be discussed in the Senedd today.
