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Community nursing in Scotland
Community nursing in Scotland.
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RCN Position Paper on Supernumerary Status in the UK
This member briefing and position paper outlines the RCN’s position on supernumerary status for pre-registration nursing students in the UK.
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Health and social care services regulation in England
RCN’s policy work on system regulation starts from a recognising that the health care system must have appropriate checks and balances to prevent harm and support high quality care for patients.
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Care Quality Commission insights from member focus group and interviews
The RCN continues to monitor the Care Quality Commission given how important it’s role is in helping identify poor care. This briefing provides an overview of discussions at Congress in a focus group where members told us more about how they see the CQC.
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Frontline First: November 2012 update
In this report we analyse official statsitics to assess the health of the nursing workforce and warn that the NHS may be sleepwalking into a crisis.
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Making it work
Shared decision-making with people with learning disabilities will bring health care professionals and nurses in particular, into a process in which both parties jointly decide on health care treatments, management plans and support packages, based on the best available evidence and the informed choices of people with learning disabilities.
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New monitor in England
This briefing note sets out how the role of Monitor is changing under the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Although much is still unknown about how Monitor will implement the changes set out in law, this briefing provides an overview of what we know and raises some issues for nurses.
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Mandatory nurse staffing levels
The attached briefing produced by the RCN Policy and International Department sets out the case for moving to a system of mandated staffing levels. The RCN believes that the development of safe mandatory nurse to patient ratios is crucial to the future of the NHS, and that improved patient outcomes will not be delivered without them.