News

18 Mar 2021

Pay satisfaction falls among NHS nursing staff

Fewer NHS nursing staff in the West Midlands are happy with their level of pay than they were a year ago, according to the results of the latest NHS staff survey

15 Jan 2021

Nurse to patient ratios in critical care

We've written to Dale Bywater, Midlands Regional Director of NHS England/NHS Improvement, to express concern about reports that the organisation has directed NHS hospital trusts in the region to further dilute the ratio of critical care nurses to patients beyond the 1:2 ratio agreed as an emergency, temporary measure in November 2020.

29 Apr 2020

New regional director takes up post

Lindsay Meeks becomes the RCN's regional director for the West Midlands on 1 May.

28 Feb 2020

RCN urges West Midlands MPs to back urgent action to fix nurse shortage

The RCN is urging MPs across the West Midlands to support ‘urgent and meaningful measures’ to tackle a critical shortage of nurses.

28 Nov 2019

Nurse shortage now a crisis, says RCN

The shortage of nurses in the Midlands is growing and has been declared as a full-blown crisis by the RCN.

8 Jul 2019

Treating sickness the healthy way

With the newly-published interim NHS People Plan promising to prioritise the health and wellbeing of NHS staff and promote compassion in how they are managed, a health trust in the West Midlands has already shown how it is realising this vision.

11 Jun 2019

Children’s hospice closure plan ‘sad’

Plans by charity Acorns to close its children’s hospice in Walsall due to a shortfall in funding have been described as ‘sad’ by the RCN.

15 Feb 2019

Fancy a trip to RCN Congress in Liverpool?

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10 Jan 2019

University award for RCN director

The RCN’s West Midlands Regional Director Mike Adams was today honoured as Birmingham City University’s Alumnus of the Year for 2019.

5 Dec 2018

Health charge for overseas nurses unjust and risks undermining recruitment and retention, says RCN

Doubling the charge that nurses from overseas have to pay to be allowed to use the NHS as patients is unjust and risks worsening the current shortage of nursing staff in the West Midlands.