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Making it work
Shared decision-making with people with learning disabilities will bring health care professionals and nurses in particular, into a process in which both parties jointly decide on health care treatments, management plans and support packages, based on the best available evidence and the informed cho...
Updated: 14 August 2015 -
Frontline First: November 2012 update
In this report we analyse official statsitics to assess the health of the nursing workforce and warn that the NHS may be sleepwalking into a crisis.
Updated: 23 March 2017 -
The community nursing workforce in England
In the last decade parallel goals for financial efficiency in the NHS and for care pathways which deliver the best outcomes for patients have aligned to ensure a consistent policy objective to move care out of acute (hospital) settings and into people's homes and communities.
Updated: 14 August 2015 -
Care Quality Commission insights from member focus group and interviews
The RCN continues to monitor the Care Quality Commission given how important it’s role is in helping identify poor care. This briefing provides an overview of discussions at Congress in a focus group where members told us more about how they see the CQC.
Updated: 3 September 2015 -
Welfare reform
This briefing looks at the changes that have been introduced by the Welfare Reform Act and their impact on RCN members.
Updated: 4 September 2015 -
Draft regulation on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use and repealing 2001/20/EC
The RCN has produced a short briefing on key issues in the draft regulation which impact on nursing. We will now be working with key stakeholders during the passage of the draft legislation.
Updated: 4 September 2015 -
Frontline First: Congress 2012 update
In this report we analyse official statsitics to assess the health of the nursing workforce and warn that the NHS may be sleepwalking into a crisis.
Updated: 24 August 2015 -
Paying for Quality
Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) is a contract which aims to pay for quality. This briefing tells you more about this initiative in England and sets out some principles to help guide views on what makes a ‘good’ CQUIN.
Updated: 14 August 2015 -
NHS England (previously known as the NHS Commissioning Board)
This briefing provides an overview of the work of the NHS Commissioning Board, with a particular focus on the nursing input and the RCN’s perspective
Updated: 24 August 2015 -
The piloting of Personal Health Budgets in England
This briefing provides a short introduction to the possible role of personal health budgets within health care. The Department of Health in England is planning to begin a pilot programme on personal health budgets in early 2010. This follows on from the NHS Next Stage Review which pledged to pilot p...
Updated: 2 September 2015
