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Life as a Consultant Nurse and Clinical Director
A nurse as a Clinical Director (CD) is uncommon in most organisations. I therefore consider my appointment to interim CD is as much a testament to the foresight and bravery of my line managers, as it is about my skill to perform. Eight months into this role, I reflect on my day to day experience.
Updated: 27 August 2025 -
RCN Ophthalmic Forum committee member
This blog highlights my experience as an RCN steering committee member. This will inform other RCN members who may want to participate in future and to cascade information with colleagues who may otherwise not be aware of RCN forums and the work done by members.
Updated: 13 June 2025 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry’s evidence from Professor Kevin Fong and Professor Sir Chris Whitty
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Today’s evidence profoundly captures the relentless devastation nursing staff faced during the pandemic. Despite trying to give patients the best care, they faced an almost unimaginable scale of death in a health and care sys...
Updated: 24 February 2025 -
Professor Pat Cullen steps down from RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive role
Professor Pat Cullen, said: “This was the hardest decision to make, and we have achieved so much in three very different and difficult years. I hope my legacy here will be to have helped the nursing profession use its voice and campaign for change, for ourselves and patients. I owe RCN members a deb...
Updated: 7 October 2024 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to Labour Party plans to clear the NHS backlog
Executive Director of RCN England, Patricia Marquis, said: “For Labour's promised historic expansion of the NHS workforce, we need more detail. With thousands of staff leaving the health service each year and nursing applications plummeting, only action to raise pay and abolish tuition fees will rev...
Updated: 27 October 2024 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to calling of general election
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: “An early plea from nursing staff: don’t make the NHS a political football but don’t think you can get by on just platitudes either. Nursing staff are looking for firm commitments from all candidates and all parties – things have...
Updated: 20 October 2024 -
The Role of an Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Acute Pain
Watch our interview with Shailen Soobhug, Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Post-Anaesthesia Nursing.
Updated: 4 August 2025 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to launch of the Green Party manifesto
RCN Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Pledges to boost the pay of NHS workers are positive, but the money in these plans doesn’t appear sufficient to deliver the substantial above inflation pay rise nursing staff need. There is also no specific promise to ...
Updated: 18 November 2024 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to Office for Students analysis on increased pressure on higher education sector finances
RCN Deputy Director of Nursing, Dr Nichola Ashby, said: “Universities train the next generation of nurses, but more and more are in crisis. The number of people applying to study nursing is already collapsing, and now this precarious financial position could see vital nursing courses close. This ult...
Updated: 14 October 2024 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to DHSC announcement on new pilot scheme to expand patient choice
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: “Patients deserve choice, but wherever they go they will find vacant nursing posts and overstretched services - with nursing staff under relentless pressure and chronic shortages across every setting."
Updated: 13 October 2024
