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What does Christmas mean for us?
Sandra Busari of home care provider Care First 24 discusses how their team makes the festive season special for service users and staff.
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Social Care Nursing Advisory Councils and the Christmas season
Social Care Nursing Advisory Councils (SCNAC) were launched earlier this year to help provide a better understanding of nursing in adult social care, as well as insight into the wider adult social care sector, to Directors of Nursing in ICBs. In this joint blog, Scarlett and Caron look at the vital roles SCNACs play over the festive season:
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RCN members at the Care Plus Group step up their campaign for fair pay with four days of strike action this week
Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) employed by Care Plus Group (CPG) are preparing for four days of industrial strike action this week. They will be taking strike action from 7.00am on Tuesday 5 December to 8.00am on Saturday 9 December (inclusive).
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'We receive £5,000 a year less than our NHS counterparts’: nursing staff on strike for fair pay
Nursing staff at independent health care employers are being paid less than NHS staff, despite delivering NHS services. Find out why their fight matters and how to support it
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My RCN journey - the first twenty years
I was so proud in 2003 when I completed my NVQ 3. Not long after that day I was presented was an application form to join the Royal College of Nursing. I didn't think I could become a member of the RCN because I thought that you had to be a registered nurse (RN). Sadly, there are a lot of health care support workers and RNs who believe that this is true even today.
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My door is always open
When I reflect on the last year and think about all of the IHSC employers and members and I have met I feel incredibly proud and privileged to be in this role as your link to the RCN, your voice to improve your membership experience and to showcase the often-unseen innovations and exceptional care delivered within the independent health and social care sector.
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Agency spend in South East spirals
Agency spend in the South East region spirals
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Anti-strike act: what you need to know
Find out what’s in the new law and how it might affect nursing staff
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RCN Wales responds to Healthcare Inspectorate Wales annual report
It’s crucial now that Welsh government see that all roads lead back to safe staffing in the fight to save the NHS
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NHS has squandered billions on agencies that could have been used to hire over 31,000 nurses
Royal College of Nursing Chief Nurse Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “This should act as a wake-up call. The government must give nursing staff and patients the investment and respect they deserve. Not acting now will mean even more patients on waiting lists and the crisis in the nursing workforce deepening further.”
