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Continuing learning and development for RCN Reps
Continuing learning and development for RCN representatives (CL&D for reps) is a programme of ongoing learning that supports all RCN reps to maintain, develop and enhance their knowledge and skills. This framework was developed collaboratively by reps and staff across the UK, to keep our learning op...
Updated: 16 March 2025 -
Fertility Preservation
This publication provides information for nurses who are supporting and caring for those beginning treatment for potentially life-limiting diseases and where the treatment may adversely affect their ability to have children in the future. This updated guidance also encompasses those who may wish, fo...
Updated: 2 March 2025 -
Caring for people with sickle cell disease and thalassaemia syndromes: a competency framework for nursing staff
This updated competency framework is intended to guide all health care professionals working with sickle cell and thalassaemia patients.
Updated: 12 May 2025 -
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Putting nursing support workers in the spotlight
Uncover the long and diverse history of nursing support workers at the RCN’s fascinating exhibition.
Updated: 27 October 2024 -
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‘They’re not just little adults’: the history of children’s nursing
New RCN exhibition 'Once Upon a Time' traces the specialism’s history – from the first children’s hospitals to today’s family-centred care.
Updated: 24 June 2024 -
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Who were the Flying Nightingales?
These brave nurses took to the skies after D-Day to rescue and treat wounded soldiers. 80 years later, we hear their stories
Updated: 13 December 2024 -
Making Sense of Women’s Health
This updated publication is designed for the non-specialist nurse. It highlights conditions that women can experience, the likely outcomes and how to access appropriate resources or treatment.
Updated: 17 March 2025 -
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‘A quiet revolutionary’: the NHS's first Black matron
With a Blue Plaque newly unveiled in her memory, we profile the extraordinary life of Daphne Steele, the first Black matron to join the NHS.
Updated: 25 February 2025 -
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WWII's refugee nurses: ‘They couldn’t save their families, but they could help patients in the UK’
Nursing historian Jane Brooks shares her research on the courageous nurses who fled Nazi Germany and went on to help found the NHS
Updated: 3 July 2024 -
You Mean The World Exhibition
This exhibition explores the history of air pollution and of recycling and re-use in nursing and shows how talented nursing teams are taking climate action today – from green social prescribing to developing sustainable nursing tools.
Updated: 30 September 2025
