Registered nurses from across Northern Ireland gathered for a transformative day of leadership development at the RCN Northern Ireland HSC Leadership Challenge, which took place at the Hilton Templepatrick.
Clear message from nursing staff in Northern Ireland that meaningful change urgently needed in the nursing profession, and the first step is to sort pay.
From this autumn, nursing students at Queen’s University Belfast will be the first to receive dedicated training on domestic abuse and violence against women and girls as part of their degree.
The Health Minister, Mike Nesbitt, has announced that he has signed off on a pay award in line with the Pay Review Body (PRB) recommendation of a 3.6% pay rise for those employed under Agenda for Change terms and conditions for 2025-26.
Health Minister, Mike Nesbitt, has today confirmed that the full 12 months of backpay owed to HSC staff on Agenda for Change terms and conditions will be paid following the recent January monitoring exercise.
