Fabulous to see Prof Alison Leary giving the KEYNOTE at #RCNEd26 #ED26
The sector is under more pressure now than ever.
Cuts to programmes and continued failure to understand the value of nursing - treated as a ‘hotel service’. As a cost not a good return on investment (which it is)
And we need to acknowledge our own mental health - that we all have a mental health dimension to us. Sometimes we’re in good shape. Sometimes we’re unwell and suffering.
🔴 What exactly has the Westminster government announced for NHS nurses in England currently working at band 5?
🔴 How will it be funded?
🔴 When do the reviews begin?
Read our explainer to find all the details on these new commitments to nursing.
Delighted to be here in Yokohama, where the Japanese Nursing Association are hosting the ICN International Workforce Forum. #IWFF2026 @howardcatton.bsky.social
Please find out more about the work of the RCN’s Institute of Nursing Excellence by reading this blog & checking out our report on 2025 @rcn.org.uk
Did you work as a Clinical Research Nurse in the UK up until the year 2000?
We are interested in speaking with nurses who worked as Clinical Research Nurses prior to the year 2000 for an oral history study.
If you are interested please contact
helenc.jones@nhs.net or gordon.hill@gcu.ac.uk
Great to be at the Leadership Academy hosted event for chief nurses and deputies. @billypalmer.bsky.social shows the huge variation in skill mix across NHS trusts. 5-fold variation in the RN: support workforce ratio. @rcn.org.uk @emilymcwhirter.bsky.social
Great to be at the Leadership Academy hosted event for chief nurses and deputies. @billypalmer.bsky.social shows the huge variation in skill mix across NHS trusts. 5-fold variation in the RN: support workforce ratio. @rcn.org.uk @emilymcwhirter.bsky.social
Please find out more about the work of the RCN’s Institute of Nursing Excellence by reading this blog & checking out our report on 2025 @rcn.org.uk
But this is only the beginning. The Institute is more than a set of programmes. It’s a movement.
As the pressures on nursing remain relentless, read about how we will build on these successes to tackle the most complex and persistent issues in 2026 & beyond in @janeeball.bsky.social's latest blog.
People… nursing people.. have power - we need to use it well
youtu.be/y6Wz3i_BYUc?...
Indexicality lesson for students and others who submit attachments. You need to label your file with your OWN NAME, not "Chapter 6" or "Paris conference presentation". The Paris conference will receive 400 files, 395 of which will have identical/similar names. Recipe for chaos. #academicsky #PhDchat
This is such a beautiful painting and such a beautiful idea/intention to have set up this fund.
Have donated x
This is beautiful.
A review of international research on minimum nurse-to-patient ratios and safe staffing legislation from @unisouthampton.bsky.social has strengthened our call for ratios to protect patients and staff from harm to be enshrined in law.
Read more from @janeeball.bsky.social ⬇️
“It’s been a brutal year. I hope we will start to be united about this. If we had legislation on the maximum number of patients per nurse, our nursing budgets couldn’t be cut.”
“Invest in nursing and we can improve patient flow”
Nicola Ranger
#NursingLive
Entirely agree Tom
#safestaffing #NursingLive @alisonleary1.bsky.social
Who better to get us to think differently about nursing workforce challenges than the inimitable Prof Alison Leary?
#NursingLive @alisonleary1.bsky.social
@rcn.org.uk
The RCN’s journey so far to try and eradicate corridor care
Lena Johnson at #NursingLive
Discussing impact of corridor care (care in the wrong places) on staff.
Almost 10 years ago, I did research at a large acute trust, which showed that job applicants were significantly more likely to be offered B5 RN roles if they were young, white, and female. I wonder whether anything has changed?
“It’s been a brutal year. I hope we will start to be united about this. If we had legislation on the maximum number of patients per nurse, our nursing budgets couldn’t be cut.”
“Invest in nursing and we can improve patient flow”
Nicola Ranger
#NursingLive
Pay and conditions, career progression - needs radical rethink “Nursing needs to be VALUED” #NursingLive @rcn.org.uk
“We need to be united to get nursing the status and resoect it deserves. Nursing is the solution”
Prof Nicola Ranger, General Secretary and Chief Execuitve of @rcn.org.uk #NursingLive
