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13 Mar 2026
World Kidney Day: caring for people, protecting the planet
To mark World Kidney Day which took place this week, Linda Nazarko reflects on early detection and the risks of chronic kidney disease.
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13 Mar 2026
Hot off the press: Updated NICE NG28 Guidelines for Type 2 Diabetes
Great news for everyone supporting people living with type 2 diabetes 鈥� the updated NICE NG28 guidelines landed in February, following the previous review in 2022, and they bring some genuinely positive changes.
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12 Mar 2026
When understanding matters: Building cultural competence from the start of nursing education
Cultural competence is not a tick-box exercise, it is the heart of person-centered nursing care. This blog shares how one experiential event at School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queens University Belfast is helping student nurses build the skills, confidence and self-awareness to care for an increasingly diverse population.
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11 Mar 2026
What the recent Westminster government announcements for nursing mean for student nurses and newly registered nurses
Will Malcher, Professional Lead for Students, sets out the impact for members who have always been at the heart of the RCN.
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11 Mar 2026
From the Ward to the Web: Navigating the Challenges of eHealth in Nursing
Patients today rightly expect the best possible care, and that includes access to healthcare supported by cutting-edge technology. Modern nursing and midwifery are no longer just about bedside skills 鈥� they increasingly require strong digital capabilities to ensure care is timely, safe, and evidence-based. Digital tools have the potential to transform patient outcomes, but only if they are designed around clinical needs and integrated into daily practice.
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11 Mar 2026
Talk to us, not about us: how we co-produced a dementia documentary
This blog is written together by two people with different but equally important perspectives: a practitioner working in older people鈥檚 and dementia care, and a man living with dementia who helped co-produce a documentary for health and social care staff.
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10 Mar 2026
Safe staffing in children and young people鈥檚 services simply can鈥檛 wait
Carli Whittaker, RCN Head of Nursing Practice reflects on why having nursing teams with safe staffing levels and the right skill mix is so important in helping babies, children and young people thrive.
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6 Mar 2026
Celebrating progress: steps in the right direction
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger celebrates International Women鈥檚 Day, hard-won progress on nursing career progression and Overseas NHS Workers鈥� Day.
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6 Mar 2026
Why do we still need to make the case for women's health?
This International Women鈥檚 Day, RCN Professional Lead for Midwifery and Women鈥檚 Health Maria Symeonaki outlines what women and the professionals who care for them need from governments across the UK.
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5 Mar 2026
Have you jumped on the band 5 review wagon yet?
Our election campaign 鈥� The Gloves are Off 鈥� calls on the next Scottish government to start valuing nursing properly. One way to achieve this is to pay nurses for the job they do now. Thousands of band 5 nurses may be missing out on an opportunity to be paid properly, says Colin Poolman.
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