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The NHS pay award for 2024/2025 is now late.
Our members are struggling with the cost of living now. Nursing staff and patients deserve better.
Get involved to campaign for
#FairPayForNursing
.
#SafeStaffingSavesLives
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For help over the bank holiday, check out our online guidance:
If you need to get in touch with our advice service visit:
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Nursing staff are at higher risk of developing work-related dermatitis.
This
#WorldHandHygieneDay
, read our top tips on how to protect yourself and your patients:
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Thinking of speaking at Congress this year? Ilva presented an item at Congress 2023, speaking at the podium for the first time. Take a look at her top tips.
#RCN24
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Common English expressions like ‘all ears’ and ‘under the weather’ can be quite confusing for internationally educated nursing staff working in the UK.
Check out our new guide to some interesting phrases and their meanings:
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Welcome to the rep network Catherine!
RCN members; be like Catherine, become an RCN rep:
11 years since I joined
@theRCN
! Now I’m a
@RCN_NTWBranch
rep so there’s no getting rid of me!
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“Are
#NursesDay
GIFs back this year?”, we hear you ask.
Yes, and you can now add them to your Facebook or IG story by searching “Royal College of Nursing” in GIFS when you’re uploading your story.
🔗
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📢 Back by popular demand: the RCN Children in Care Nursing Conference.
Join us online on 11 July and take a fresh look at Statutory Health Assessments through the lens of trauma informed care.
Book your place now.
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📢 Polling stations close at 10pm tonight - don't lose your vote!
✅ Find your polling station:
✅ Bring valid ID with you:
✅ Have your say 🗳️
It's local election day in England and Wales, and polling stations are open 🗳️
Remember: you'll need to bring ID to vote – here's a list of valid IDs you can take with you:
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The RCN Retweeted
What an absolute pleasure it was to meet our new international nurses at Greater. Manchester Mental Health Trust today. These brilliant people coming to work in our NHS having left young children and families at home. I heard your stories today re finding accommodation etc.
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The 24/25 NHS pay award is now over a month late.
Every day of delay is another day of financial hardship for nursing staff.
Fair pay is key to protecting patient care, ministers needs to wake up to this to this fact.
Back
#FairPayForNusing
? Click here:
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It's local election day in England and Wales, and polling stations are open 🗳️
Remember: you'll need to bring ID to vote – here's a list of valid IDs you can take with you:
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Catch Welsh sporting legend
@gareththomas14
at
#RCNC24
.
Gareth will be discussing his personal journey with HIV, the stigma that still surrounds it, and why he founded the
@TackleHIV
campaign.
Book your place today:
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Flexible working isn't a privilege, it can work for everyone.
Learn more about how the
#TalkAboutFlex
can help you create the balance you need ⬇️
Whatever your role. Whatever your reason. Flexible working can work for everyone. Find out more at where you’ll find lots of information, tools and tips to help you find your flex.
#TalkAboutFlex
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It's
#InternationalWorkersDay
, and there's power in a union.
If you missed it, read RCN Rep Andrew Mather's blog on why becoming a Health and Safety Rep can help you lead change in your workplace:
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Nursing deserves so much better. On 12 May join us sharing stories about why nursing needs to be better understood, recognised and valued.
Using the hashtag:
1. post pictures of activity in your workplace
2. tell us why you value nursing
Find out more:
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If you live in Greater London, take
@RCNLondon
's action and write to the Mayor of London candidates today.
Ahead of Thursday's election, tell the candidates why they must use their powers to champion the nursing community.
Take action now:
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RCN Learn has everything you need to plan your learning and development for the year ahead - wherever you are on your nursing journey.
Choose from hundreds of resources and curate your bespoke learning plan now:
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Ministers say they want to protect the 'privacy, dignity and safety' of patients.
But as RCN Chief Nursing Officer Nicola Ranger pointed out this morning, nursing staff are already caring for people in corridors and even store cupboards.
Investment is what patients need.
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