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26 Jul 2024
Changes afoot: an opportunity for renewal and further progress
RCN President Sheila Sobrany reflects on some important changes for both the UK and the RCN, and what these mean for the College and the nursing workforce.
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25 Jul 2024
Nursing role profiles are out of date, unfair and unjust: new proposals don’t go far enough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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5 Jul 2024
A new UK government means time for action
Acting RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger reflects on the result of the general election and the NHS turning 76 years old.
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4 Jul 2024
Are Zero Suicide targets just an aspiration?
Suicide rates are much lower now than in the past but that downward trend has faltered. RCN Fellow Professor Rod Thomson questions whether the ultimate goal of ‘Zero Suicide’, although a laudable aspiration, is actually achievable.
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21 Jun 2024
Remembering Windrush as we look to the future
RCN President Sheila Sobrany reflects on Windrush Day and our priorities for the future of nursing in the upcoming UK general election.
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4 Jun 2024
The role of the specialist nurse in supporting patients with endometriosis self-management
March is Endometriosis awareness month, and this offers the opportunity to raise awareness of the condition and the impact it can have on women living with it. The specialist nurse is a key healthcare practitioner in providing expert care to all women with endometriosis.
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18 May 2024
PANS PANDAS: A mysterious and debilitating paediatric disorder
Raising awareness of PANS PANDAS and the RCN's co-signing of the recent position statement.
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10 May 2024
The RCN Cadet Scheme Confirmed my desire to become a nurse.
Olivia De Almeida, an Alumni Nursing Cadet, explains why the Prince of Wales Nursing Cadet Scheme confirmed her desires to be come a nurse.
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25 Apr 2024
Josef's Nursing Cadet Experience
Josef McGuigan, a Nursing Cadet, gives his experience as part of the scheme's first ever cohort in Northern Ireland.
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17 Jan 2024
Why we do not support the National Care Service Bill
Despite agreeing with the aims behind the Bill, Colin Poolman outlines why we cannot support it.
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