Roadmap to the future: RCN career frameworks launched
These career frameworks set out what skills, knowledge and standards are needed for progression
News
Public backs better pay for nursing as tens of thousands vote on NHS award
As RCN members have their say on the 3.6% pay award, the public shows its support for nursing
RCN publishes guidance for care home managers
The document provides practical support to help ensure patient safety
Dedicated care home nurse announced as RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year 2025
Kirsty Cartin was called "truly inspiring" for supporting staff and developing students in "a too often overlooked area of nursing"
Education collaboration agreed between RCN and International Council of Nurses
The RCN will work with the ICN to help more nursing staff grow and develop their careers
Spending Review won't transform nursing as RCN calls for action on workforce crisis
The RCN tells the Chancellor she must show ambition to improve nursing and patient care, following the government Spending Review
RCN pay consultations in England, Northern Ireland and Wales now open
The NHS Pay Review Body recommended a 3.6% consolidated pay uplift for all Agenda for Change staff in the NHS/HSC. Do you think this is enough?
Nursing workforce investment needed to tackle emergency care
The RCN demands more detail on how the staff needed to make new urgent and emergency care plans work will be supported
GP mental health nurse is RCN Northern Ireland Nurse of the Year 2025
A senior mental health nurse has won the award for empowering patients in managing their mental health and transforming access to emotional support
New NHS nursing profiles: ‘Staff need access to timely job evaluations’
We’ve ensured members' voices were considered in changes to the profiles, to support fairer pay and career progression
RCN Activism Strategy will support members to effect change in nursing
Details of our new plan to grow our activist community, to empower members to be influential and to show how action results in real change
Your England and Wales NHS pay awards are here
Is this increase enough? Get ready to have your say and check your details are up to date
Pay Award for HSC staff in Northern Ireland signed off by Minister
The Health Minister, Mike Nesbitt, has announced that he has signed off on a pay award in line with the Pay Review Body (PRB) recommendation of a 3.6% pay rise for those employed under Agenda for Change terms and conditions for 2025-26.
RCN Wales responds to Welsh Government's NHS pay award for 2025/26
NHS Wales staff on Agenda for Change contracts will receive a 3.6% pay increase backdated to 1 April 2025.
Nursing Workforce Standards update: key changes to protect staff further
Support for senior nurses when they speak out, staffing uplift figures and planning for pandemics are among the latest changes
An ‘explosion’ in nurse lecturer cuts risks nursing jobs and patient safety
We’re calling for urgent government action to protect nursing courses now
RCN members in Scotland vote to accept NHS pay offer
RCN members in Scotland have spoken on pay and accepted offers for the next two years.
Migrant nursing staff plan to leave UK due to low wages, abuse and ‘hostile environment’
Meanwhile the RCN says government plans to reduce immigration into the UK could accelerate the nursing staffing crisis
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