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Members call on RCN to lobby for specialist places of safety to replace A&Es for people who pose risk to themselves or others. 

16 May 2017
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Calls for ‘systematic re-banding’ of jobs under Agenda for Change
16 May 2017
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Theresa May accused of showing 'contempt' for nurses
16 May 2017
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A motion calling for a reduction in clinical placement hours for nursing students was defeated at RCN congress.

16 May 2017
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Nurse debriefing sessions can be an effective way to provide psychological support and to learn lessons, RCN congress heard.

16 May 2017
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Increase research into autism spectrum conditions, urge nurses.

16 May 2017
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Resolution passed at RCN congress declares UK system still offers the fairest method of providing healthcare for all

16 May 2017
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The 57,000 episodes of self-harm reported in mental health services each year account for 25% of the total number of incidents, the RCNi Mental Health Practi

16 May 2017
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Nurses are being treated ‘like dirt’ by the government, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has told the RCN congress in Liverpool.

15 May 2017
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Plus EU citizens working in NHS will be given right to remain, Labour leader has pledged.

15 May 2017
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Some employers are withholding pay increments from nurses who do not complete statutory and mandatory training, according to an RCN specialist group.

15 May 2017
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There is ‘a real and significant’ risk to patients if nursing education is not properly funded, nurses have said.

15 May 2017

Nurses raise concerns over the way night and day shifts run into each other.

15 May 2017

Jeremy Corbyn and Tim Farron will today address delegates in Liverpool and take questions from nurses, but Conservatives yet to confirm if they will send a speaker.

15 May 2017
General secretary's address to RCN congress
14 May 2017

RCN president Cecilia Anim has urged nurses to make their voices heard following the announcement of a summer of protests over pay.

14 May 2017

The result of the RCN pay poll of members working in the NHS has resulted in an overwheming number of respondents favouring strike action.

14 May 2017
NHS 'relying on goodwill of staff'
14 May 2017

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