North Western Branch
We champion local issues for RCN members working in areas covered by RCN Northern Ireland's North Western Branch. Get involved with our branch today and help our work.
North Western
- Chair: Phrasie McLaughlin
- Secretary: Andrew Doherty
- Treasurer: Steven Duffy
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Events
News
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19 Jun 2020
Safe staffing on the agenda as RCN presents evidence to NI Assembly Health Committee
RCN Northern Ireland Director Pat Cullen tells the Assembly’s Committee for Health that safe staffing must remain a priority.
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9 Jun 2020
Openness and transparency key to rebuilding services
Commenting in response to today’s publication of a strategic framework for rebuilding HSC services, Pat Cullen, Director of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in Northern Ireland said:
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15 May 2020
Nursing Exhibition to celebrate Florence Nightingale opens digitally
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in Northern Ireland has collaborated with the Florence Nightingale Foundation, Department of Health and a number of other nursing and midwifery organisations to produce an exhibition to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale and the contribution of nursing and midwifery in Northern Ireland.
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18 Apr 2020
Half of nursing staff under pressure to work without PPE, reveals RCN
Half of nursing staff, including those working in in the most high-risk environments, have felt pressure to carry out their work without the levels of protection set out in official guidance, the RCN can reveal. High-risk environments include areas where patients with or suspected of having COVID-19 were being treated on ventilators.
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24 Mar 2020
RCN raises concerns to First and Deputy First Ministers about PPE
The RCN in Northern Ireland has written to the First Minister and Deputy First Minister to demand their intervention in ensuring the sufficient supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) for nursing staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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5 Feb 2020
RCN Northern Ireland launches Consultative Ballot on pay and safe staffing proposals
RCN consults members on pay parity with the NHS in England and safe staffing.
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20 Jan 2020
RCN pays tribute to Professor Jean Orr CBE
Professor Jean Orr CBE passed away suddenly on 11 January.
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11 Jan 2020
Hope for Northern Ireland nurses as power-sharing returns
The Northern Ireland Assembly has sat for the first time in three years with MLAs nominating a new power-sharing Executive.
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5 Dec 2019
RCN statement on pay negotiations
Following the pay discussions this afternoon between the Department of Health and the health trade unions.
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13 Nov 2019
RCN Council approves dates for industrial action and strike action in Northern Ireland
Members working in Health and Social Care [HSC] services in Northern Ireland will take industrial action from 3 December.
Page last updated - 18/06/2022
