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RCN MEMBER BRIEFING: UK Government white paper on forthcoming health legislation
The government has published a white paper – a document used by government to indicate their policy intentions for new laws – proposing legal changes to the health and care system in England. These laws, when passed by Parliament in the Autumn, will impact our members work and the delivery of health and care in the NHS.
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PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING: The House of Lords Second Reading EU Withdrawal Bill
We remain concerned that the UK’s withdrawal from the EU may: present new and exacerbate existing challenges around the sustainability, recruitment and retention of the existing and future nursing profession; dilute fair employment practices and workers’ rights, and; prevent the cross-border exchange of knowledge and skills.
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BRIEFING: House of Lords Second Reading, Health and Care Bill
RCN’s briefing to members of the House of Lords on the Health and Care Bill.
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PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING: Nursing Education in England and its Implications for the Future Supply of Nursing Staff
Parliamentary briefing on nursing education in England and its implications for the future supply of nursing staff.
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PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING: The Effect of Brexit on the NHS
The UK’s withdrawal from the EU must not negatively impact on patient outcomes.
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PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING: House of Commons Committee Stage on the European Union (EU) Withdrawal Bill
Parliamentary briefing on the EU Withdrawal Bill House of Lords Committee Stage, debate of the Whole House.
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BRIEFING: Incentives to Expand Health Care Student Numbers
This appendix sets out a range of actions for developing and incentivising traditional and nontraditional routes into the nursing and health care workforce. It has been submitted as a paper to the Department of Health and Social Care and HM Treasury in 2017.
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PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING: EU Withdrawal Bill, Commons Debate Lords Amendments
We support amendments 4, 19, 24, 25 to the EU Withdrawal Bill which would: enable health and care services to continue to have access to nursing staff from EU countries without being over-dependent on this supply pool; protect citizens’ employment rights; support the mutual recognition of professional qualifications; grant Parliament a meaningful vote on the deal reached on the UK’s future relationship with the EU; secure the rights of child refugees to be reunited with family members living in another EU country by retaining the Dublin III regulations; allow for continued cooperation between Ireland and Northern Ireland.
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PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING: Westminster Hall debate on Funding higher education
Our briefing for the Westminster Hall debate on higher education funding outlines the impact of the introduction of tuition fees for undergraduate nursing education and the proposal to do the same for postgraduate nursing students.
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RCN BRIEFING: Staffing levels in the NHS, Westminster Hall Debate
Briefing for MPs ahead of a Westminster Hall debate on staffing levels in the NHS.
