📢 Prison & YOI healthcare staff (18+) with experience managing suicide & self-harm (SASH) risk — we’d value your input.
Complete our 10-min questionnaire on what makes managing SASH risk easier or harder:
🔗 forms.office.com/e/qhu1Gd36Hr
🎁 Opt in to win 1 of 5 £10 Amazon vouchers.
🎉 Scottish Launch event: Prison Nursing Unlocked – A History of Care & Justice
📅 Thu 26 Feb 2026 | 🕠 5:30–8pm (talks 6pm)
📍 RCN Scotland, Edinburgh | 💻 Hybrid | 💙 Free
Talks, exhibition access & creative work from HMPs. Open to all.
👉 Book: www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
We’re planning our strategy for the year ahead—and we want your voice to be part of it. Take a few minutes to complete our survey and share your thoughts.
👉 forms.office.com/e/FZ46B5TfeG
Your feedback will help guide our priorities and make a real impact. Thank you for being part of the journey!
Lynne is a health care support worker at HMP Durham.
We recently spoke to her about what it's like working in prison health care as a nursing support worker, what the challenges and rewards are and much more. ⬇️
#NursingSupportWorkersDay 💛
#NSWD25
Logo for World Mental Health Day featuring a stylized brain above two hands, with a heart at the center, set against a green and navy background. Date marked is 10 October 2025.
Today marks #WorldMentalHealthDay.
Nurses play a key role—supporting patients, spotting symptoms early, and promoting healthy habits.
Explore our mental health resource ➡️ https://bit.ly/48bFGWd
‼️Happening today! Last chance to sign up!‼️
📢 Conductive Energy Devices (Tasers) and the Use of Force in Prison – Q&A Webinar
🗓 8 Oct 2025
⏰ 13:30–14:30 (online)
Free for all RCN members working in prison settings.
🔗 www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
#RCN #PrisonHealthcare #Nursing
📢 Conductive Energy Devices (Tasers) and the Use of Force in Prison – Q&A Webinar
🗓 8 Oct 2025
⏰ 13:30–14:30 (online)
Free for all RCN members working in prison settings.
🔗 www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
#RCN #PrisonHealthcare #Nursing
The workforce crisis facing Registered Nurses in Learning Disabilities (RNLDs) has deepened.
We’ve been campaigning since 2016, and now we’re hosting online workshops to hear directly from nurses, student nurses & key voices.
Book one of our October sessions ⬇️
📢 Conductive Energy Devices (Tasers) and the Use of Force in Prison – Q&A Webinar
🗓 8 Oct 2025
⏰ 13:30–14:30 (online)
Free for all RCN members working in prison settings.
🔗 www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
#RCN #PrisonHealthcare #Nursing
👩⚕️👨⚕️ Working in prison healthcare?
Want clarity on your role in Use of Force — especially when it comes to Tasers?
Join our free RCN webinar 👇
‼️ Session 2 takes place tomorrow. Book your space now ‼️
📢 Free RCN Webinar – Support for nurses after a death in custody.
🗓 Starts 21 Aug 2025 | 13:00–14:00
💻 Online | Free
RCN Legal Team explores:
1️⃣ Inquests
2️⃣ Incident reviews
3️⃣ Common themes in custody deaths
🔗 www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
#Nursing #RCN #JusticeHealth #Inquest
🆓 Free RCN Webinar – 23 July, 13:00–14:00
Support for Nursing Staff After a Death in Custody
🧠 What to expect during an inquest
🗣️ Led by the RCN Legal Team
🔗 www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
#RCNEvents #DeathInCustody #ForensicNursing #NurseSupport
Text reads: Our pay. Our say. Consultation now open. Have your say on 3.6% today.
3.6% - is it enough?
Our consultation for members on Agenda for Change terms and conditions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is open NOW.
Our strength is our numbers, make your voice heard today: buff.ly/SjCj9YV
Online Event Tomorrow! 🚨
🗓️ 18 June 2025
🕕 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM (BST)
📍 Online via the RCN
🔗 www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Join us for a fascinating online talk on the history of women in the police service and the role of nursing in forensics.
🗓️ A reminder that the closing date for Committee member applications is 23rd June at 4.30pm 🗓️
You get more information and submit your application using the link below:
www.rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved...
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🗓️ A reminder that the closing date for Committee member applications is 23rd June at 4.30pm 🗓️
You get more information and submit your application using the link below:
www.rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved...
Cancer Care in the Trans Community: A Scenario-Based Approach
📅 26 June
🕕 18:00–19:00
We’ll be exploring real case studies on how to better support Trans men and women experiencing cancer. Open to both cancer and non-cancer specialists — please share with your networks if relevant. Thanks! 🤩
Our updated Nursing Workforce Standards are designed to empower you to tackle the challenges you face in providing safe and effective care.
Explore how you can use them to advocate for yourself, your team, and your patients. ➡️ buff.ly/JZskAgW
Call for Abstracts!
Submit your work for the 12th Health & Justice Summit: Healthy, Humane Justice — a space to shape the future of health and justice systems.
Deadline approaching! Share your insights, innovations & lived experiences.
Submit here: portal.healthandjusticeuk.org/public/event...
Nurses for Healthy, Humane Justice!
Join us at the 12th Health & Justice Summit—where health meets justice reform.
Explore the vital role of nursing in creating safer, more compassionate systems.
June 18 | London & Online
Register now:
portal.healthandjusticeuk.org/public/event...
The co-founder of HEALTH AND JUSTICE UK Dr Caroline Watson was interviewed recently for a podcast. Here she spoke about the challenges and rewards of working as a prison GP, the value of multidisciplinary working and the impact healthcare can make to people.
www.gponline.com/podcast-chal...
Did you miss the Royal College of Nursing - Company opening event for the Prison Nursing Unlocked - you can see it here if you did!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=SEFb...
There are a lot of events scheduled for the event at the RCN HQ London and then Scotland. See here:
www.rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved...
@rcnnjf.bsky.social
Debate number 16 at #congress2025
@choldernjaf.bsky.social
Speaking up for Quality Improvement.
Here we go again. Our @rcnnjf.bsky.social nursing in justice and forensic healthcare forum speaking up in debate 12 at #congress2025
Thank you @choldernjaf.bsky.social for stepping up! And challenging the RCN to work with other colleges to protect all healthcare staff against violence and abuse
An exciting opportunity to join our forum and make a difference ⭐️
