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Fixing Social Care: The Six Key Problems And How To Tackle Them Different people have different opinions about what’s ‘wrong’ with social care and how to fix it. This long read outlines the six key issues and the options cited to tackle them.

Improving pay, conditions and training in the social care sector must underpin wider reform – or there won’t be enough care workers with the skills needed to deliver the quality of care people need.

Find out more in our new social care long read: https://bit.ly/3IPSoQl

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You deserve a pay structure that recognises your true value. One that reflects your skill, your sacrifice, and your central role in society.

Our General Secretary & Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger explains why structural reform is needed to properly value nursing: https://bit.ly/4o9MPeT

Pride In Nursing | Campaigns | Royal College of Nursing Find out how you can work with us to promote equality of opportunity for LGBTQ+ staff and patients and raise awareness.

The nursing workforce has an important role to play in creating inclusive health care settings and creating a fairer society for all.

Explore clinical resources, magazine features, blogs and more on our website. 🌈

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Professor Nicola Ranger, General Secretary and Chief Executive of the Royal College of Nursing, speaking passionately about nursing pay. Includes quote that says: By voting in this consultation it means that when I talk to governments about nursing pay, you’re in the room with me. Because we are at our strongest when we are representing the voices of our members.

In her monthly update to members, General Secretary & Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger encourages you to have your say by voting in our pay consultations and joining the RCN Annual General Meeting.

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The RCN International Nursing Research Conference is coming to Exeter, 8-10 September 2025!

🔍 Explore cutting-edge research, connect with global leaders in nursing, and be part of the conversations shaping the future of healthcare.

Book your place ⬇️ buff.ly/vfgQiln

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Your experiences matter.

Take our survey to help us build stronger, more supportive workplaces.

Share what you and your colleagues need to feel empowered, protected, and heard at work ➡️ buff.ly/4f3RXVj

Professor Nicola Ranger told Sky News this morning that the majority of the public supports better pay for nursing.

What do you think of 3.6%? RCN members working on Agenda for Change in England, Wales and Northern Ireland can have their say in our open consultations. ➡️ bit.ly/47xm0db

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We need more registered nurses, but financial pressures are pushing too many students away from nursing.
Sign our petition, which calls on governments across the UK to review and improve financial support for nursing students.
Add your name now ➡️ buff.ly/tNdquRu

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Help raise the voice of nursing 📣

Become an RCN Voting Volunteer to help ensure every voice is heard in the NHS/HSC pay consultations in England, Wales & Northern Ireland ➡️ buff.ly/GjS8Htp

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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

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5 years since COVID hit: pandemic's effects still felt by nursing staff | RCN Magazine | Royal College of Nursing How working through COVID-19 changed the lives of these nursing staff, with the pandemic’s effects still felt today

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The highlight of the nursing calendar is back.
Join us in Liverpool from 12 to 15 May 2025 for four days of enriching professional and personal development.
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5 years since COVID hit: pandemic's effects still felt by nursing staff | RCN Magazine | Royal College of Nursing How working through COVID-19 changed the lives of these nursing staff, with the pandemic’s effects still felt today

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Pay crisis in general practice nursing: government must change funding model now | News | Royal College of Nursing A pay crisis in GP surgeries is undermining government ambitions to move more care into the community, with a third of nursing staff missing out on a pay rise

🆕| Moving care into the community means valuing and respecting our general practice nursing staff.

But our recent survey shows three in ten working in England received no pay rise at all, despite being promised one by the government last year.

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Right now, anyone working in health and social care can call themselves a “nurse”.

Help us close this dangerous loophole by writing to your MP today, urging them to protect patient safety by ensuring that only registered nurses are legally allowed to use the title "nurse" 📝 buff.ly/3EUUkVk

RCN Critical Care and Flight Nursing Forum Conference | Events | Royal College of Nursing Care in the air: navigating the patient journey - a one day in-person conference for flight nurses or those aspiring to move into the industry.

The RCN Critical Care and Flight Nursing Conference is back. Join us in March as we explore ‘Care in the air: navigating the patient journey’.

Find out more 👇

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RCN Steward, Janine, tells us about how using the Nursing Workforce Standards can help nursing staff to secure more funding to recruit additional staff, and ultimately ensure improved patient safety. ✔️

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A survey we conducted in 2024 showed that financial pressures in the higher education sector are impacting nursing students courses, and our nurse educator workforce.

We want to know more. Working in nursing higher or further education? Complete our survey by 10 March. ➡️ bit.ly/4hWhYz6