News from around the UK
Nursing headlines
RCN speaks out on NICE proposals for arthritis drugs
Published: 20 August 2008
The RCN has spoken out about the use of sequential anti TNF therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. The College has highlighted the wider costs to nursing and the NHS if patients are denied an appropriate anti TNF therapy.
RCN elections – manifestos now available
Published: 19 August 2008
RCN members are being encouraged to read candidate manifestos in the governance area on the website before using their vote in all the forthcoming RCN elections.
NHS pay 2009 and 2010 – latest update
Published: 19 August 2008
The RCN and other trade unions have been continuing discussions with government and NHS Employers over the process for re-opening talks on the NHS pay award for 2009 and 2010, which had been agreed as part of a three year pay deal.
News from England
Time to nominate your star staff
Published: 20 August 2008
RCN members in the West Midlands are being encouraged to recognise the work of RCN employees in the region and beyond by nominating them for a staff award.
Eye nurse helps nurses back home in Zambia
Published: 19 August 2008
An eye nurse at Nottingham University Hospitals has raised more than £500 to send hundreds of educational magazines to nurses in her home country of Zambia.
Professional Membership Structure and Rationalisation of Forums Project
Published: 11 August 2008
Professional membership forum structures - consultation documents
News from Northern Ireland
RCN Northern Ireland Board elections
Published: 11 July 2008
Nominations are now open for the RCN Northern Ireland Board elections for the 2008-2012 term of office
RCN Northern Ireland Nurse of the Year 2008
Published: 12 June 2008
Learning disability nurses win RCN Northern Ireland Nurse of the Year Award 2008
Proposals for health and social care reform
Published: 13 May 2008
RCN Northern Ireland submits views on proposed new arrangements for commissioning, performance management and financial management
News from Scotland
Health Board must implement Vale of Leven recommendations, says RCN Scotland
Published: 07 August 2008
RCN Scotland welcomes the ‘Independent Review of Clostridium difficile Associated Disease at the Vale of Leven Hospital’ and is pleased that the Scottish Government will be implementing its recommendations in full.
Coronary heart disease and stroke care consultation
Published: 06 August 2008
RCN Scotland is looking for members' views on the Scottish Government consultation on coronary heart disease and stroke care.
Free places at London nutrition conference
Published: 30 July 2008
Up to ten RCN Scotland members can attend the national RCN conference on nutrition in London for free. The conference, Improving Nutritional Care… evidence for practice, will be held on 17 September 2008.
News from Wales
Cardiff and the Vale Bed Closures
Published: 12 June 2008
Speaking following the BBC Wales reports that over a 10-year period Cardiff and the Vale NHS Trust is set to consult on the closure of Acute and Medical beds, Interim Director of RCN Wales Richard Jones said,
Reduced hospital acquired infection Rates in Wales
Published: 05 November 2007
Eirlys Warrington Chair of RCN Wales Welsh Board responds to press coverage that hospital acquired infection rates in Wales are lower than those in England.
RCN Wales welcomes pay announcement
Published: 05 July 2007
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) welcomes the Welsh Assembly Government's decision to implement the Pay Review Body's recommendation of a 2.5 per cent