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The Role of Nursing Associates in Vaccination and Immunisation
*** RESOURCE CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW *** The RCN recognises that nursing teams are key to the safe and effective administration of large numbers of vaccinations to those who need them. The overriding principle is: health care professionals involved in the prescribing or administration of vaccines mus...
Updated: 29 September 2025 -
RCN response to the NMC Consultation on Shaping the Future: The development of their next Five Year Strategic Plan
This document has been collated in response to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) call for consultation on Shaping the Future: The development of their next Five Year Strategic Plan. The RCN membership have been engaged via forums and social media platforms across the UK to provide consultation...
Updated: 4 February 2021 -
Annual Report 2018
The combined RCN Group Annual Report for 2018.
Updated: 4 February 2021 -
Council's Report to Members on Congress 2018
This report details the breadth and scope of work carried out by RCN members and staff as a result of decisions made at Congress 2018 in Belfast.
Updated: 4 February 2021 -
Library and Archive Service quarterly report April-June 2019
Library and Archive Service quarterly report April-June 2019
Updated: 6 October 2020 -
RCN Wales responds to Welsh government’s 5.5% NHS pay award for 2024/25
The Welsh government has announced a 5.5% pay award for NHS Wales staff on Agenda for Change terms and conditions, accepting the independent pay review body recommendations in full.
Updated: 9 February 2025 -
From care home to recruitment agency: a nurse’s journey from health care support worker to director of nursing
Rhian Smith was 19 when, feeling a little lost after A-levels, she answered a newspaper advert for nursing home care staff in Guernsey. Fast forward another 19 years and her experiences along the way have led her to become Hoop Recruitment’s Director of Nursing & Healthcare in Wales.
Updated: 24 May 2025 -
NHS Wales pay award: “Nursing staff in Wales deserve the same prompt action and recognition on pay as colleagues in England”
RCN Wales have called for an urgent response from the Welsh Government to the announcement from the UK Chancellor of a 5.5% pay award for nursing staff in England.
Updated: 30 July 2024 -
Clinical nurse specialist named RCN Wales Nurse of the Year 2024
Madelaine Watkins is changing perceptions and improving access to services in a role that was only piloted 4 years ago.
Updated: 25 April 2025 -
NHS pay consultation in Wales: RCN members vote reject
Nearly three quarters of members who voted said the 5.5% pay award isn’t enough.
Updated: 4 June 2025
