Blogs
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blog posts
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26 Jul 2024
What is nursing activism?
Rachel Hollis explores what activism means for her and how she's involved in activism at the RCN.
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25 Jul 2024
Nursing role profiles are out of date, unfair and unjust: new proposals don鈥檛 go far enough
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger responds to the new proposed NHS national nursing role profiles.
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24 Jul 2024
Affordable parking and transport matters
I鈥檓 passionate about my work and have found my place in critical care. I feel it is important that we make these traumatic times better for people. It frustrates me that many people think nursing staff do little more than hold hands and plump pillows; we are far more than that.
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23 Jul 2024
The challenges and rewards of managing overseas medical care
Nichola Walmsley, Operations Manager at Healix, discusses the complex work of handling medical treatment for patients around the world.
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18 Jul 2024
Behind bars and bandages: providing care in prison
Leanne Hume and Michelle Raddings, our Lead Nurses for Independent Health and Social Care in the Northern and Yorkshire and Humber regions, discuss their visit to a regional reception prison and what they learned from the nursing staff there.
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15 Jul 2024
Working for change
After the general election, Regional Director for Yorkshire and the Humber, Sarah Dodsworth, looks ahead to how the RCN will engage with the new government.
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12 Jul 2024
Representing RCN members at the European Federation of Public Service Unions' 11th Congress
The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) represents 8 million public service workers across Europe and has significant influence over the policies and decisions of employers, governments and institutions. The RCN, as a major membership stakeholder, sits on the executive and the EPSU Congress is held every five years. This year the event was held over three days in Bucharest, Romania, and I attended representing the Professional Nursing Committee as Vice Chair alongside three delegates: Denise Kelly, Dennis Greer and Jackie Davies representing the RCN Trade Union Committee, and Brian Morton, RCN Associate Director for Employment Relations.
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11 Jul 2024
A focus on school nursing in Wales
Majella shares the work the RCN Wales independent sector and community advisers have been doing with school nurses in Wales.
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11 Jul 2024
Introducing our new Head of Scheme, Michelle Moseley
I joined the Prince of Wales Nursing Cadet Scheme in June 2024 as Head of Scheme.
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10 Jul 2024
CAMHS Youth Justice Service
An overview of the development and implementation of the CAMHS Youth Justice Service to reduce barriers to access mental health services for the Youth Justice Agency population, in Northern Ireland.
