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Fiona Devlin, Chair of the RCN Northern Ireland Board

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.

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:

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.

Protective equipment including gloves, a mask and goggles

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.

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.