News
All the latest on current nursing issues, including employment matters, health and safety in the workplace, public health policy and clinical skills, as well as updates on the work of the RCN.
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2 May 2023
RCN members vote to accept Four Seasons Health Care pay award
Almost three quarters of eligible members who voted chose to accept the offer.
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2 May 2023
NHS pay offer for England to be implemented but RCN remains in dispute
We will continue to fight for our members despite this decision by NHS Staff Council and will be balloting later this month for further strike action.
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30 Apr 2023
Biggest nursing strike yet begins tonight
RCN members working for the NHS across England will withdraw their labour from 8pm.
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28 Apr 2023
New Vice Chair of RCN Council elected
Paul Vaughan has been elected as the new Vice Chair of RCN Council.
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28 Apr 2023
RCN reveals speakers for flagship annual conference
Inclusion, environmental challenges and reaction to a historic year will be addressed at the UK’s largest nursing event.
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27 Apr 2023
England nursing strikes: legal challenge latest
We’re fighting the UK government’s attempts to silence nursing staff.
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24 Apr 2023
RCN Wales consultative ballot on Welsh government’s latest pay offer for 2022-23 and 2023-24 now open
All eligible RCN Wales members will receive an email today (24 April) asking them to accept or reject the offer. Voting is now open until 9am on Wednesday 10 May.
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20 Apr 2023
RCN Wales will ballot members on breakthrough Welsh government NHS pay offer
RCN Wales members will be consulted on whether to accept or reject the offer between 12 noon on Monday 24 April and 9am on Wednesday 10 May.
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20 Apr 2023
Strike action in England: RCN strongly resists NHS legal threat
NHS Employers is seeking to discredit our strike action on 2 May, claiming the mandate to strike will have run out.
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19 Apr 2023
RCN Congress 2023: free educational sessions revealed
Full details of our Learning and Wellbeing Programme are now available online.