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  • Nurses' Day 2024 graphic - blue background and orange swirls with a round nurses' day badge in the top right and 'The difference nursing makes' text in white font 800x400 Lucy Muchina Lucy Muchina 19 Apr 2024

    International Nurses' Day

    Every year in May, the world gets the opportunity to recognise and celebrate the nursing profession. International NursesÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥™ Day falls on 12 May each year, to coincide with Florence NightingaleÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥™s birthday.

  • Colin-Baker-PNC-800x400 Colin Baker Colin Baker 10 Apr 2024

    Professional Nursing Committee report from your South West member

    It has been a busy start to the year in the Professional Nursing Committee (PNC). 

  • RCN rep badge logo 2020 Matthew Stewart Matthew Stewart 22 Mar 2024

    Update on the recent Joint Reps Conference in Bristol

    I am Matthew, an RCN steward and South West Board Member for Gloucestershire Branch.  

  • Vicky Brotherton at RCN Congress award ceremony having just received her medal and certificate for her Award of Merit 2023 800x400 Vicky Brotherton Vicky Brotherton 28 Feb 2024

    Do you ever wonder what your RCN South West Regional Board does?

    As your South West RCN Regional Board Chair, I wanted to share key messages from our Board meeting this month. Did you know that all RCN members in the South West can attend the open part of the board meeting via MS teams and participate in the discussions?  

  • Collage of South West leaders 2024 Jeanette Jones Jeanette Jones 17 Jan 2024

    Happy New year from your South West leadership team

    Your regional top team of elected members join your regional director in wishing you a Happy New Year and looking forward to 2024 from their own particular perspectives.

  • Vicky Brotherton at RCN Congress award ceremony having just received her medal and certificate for her Award of Merit 2023 800x400 Vicky Brotherton Vicky Brotherton 12 Dec 2023

    Reflections on a year like no other

    As we approach the end of the year I thought I would share my reflections on 2023.   What a year it has been. A year like no other as we worked together on picket lines during our strike action. Standing together in the hope that we would be recognised for the outstanding care we give to our patients/clients with a fair pay award.

  • Sarah Winfield-Davies 800x400 Sarah Winfield-Davies Sarah Winfield-Davies 5 Dec 2023

    My door is always open

    When I reflect on the last year and think about all of the IHSC employers and members and I have met I feel incredibly proud and privileged to be in this role as your link to the RCN, your voice to improve your membership experience and to showcase the often-unseen innovations and exceptional care delivered within the independent health and social care sector. 

  • Orange rectangle, three nursing support worker 'stick men (two red with one blue in the middle) with a light shining on them, the words Nursing Support Workers' Day in navy blue and the hashtag #NursingSupportWorkersDay in orange text over a blue strip below Steve Dunne-Howells Steve Dunne-Howells 23 Nov 2023

    My RCN journey - the first twenty years

    I was so proud in 2003 when I completed my NVQ 3. Not long after that day I was presented was an application form to join the ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥. I didn't think I could become a member of the RCN because I thought that you had to be a registered nurse (RN). Sadly, there are a lot of health care support workers and RNs who believe that this is true even today. 

  • Lucy Muchina Lucy Muchina 20 Nov 2023

    Vital members of the nursing team

    As years fly by and the weighing scale needle refuses to move in the direction IÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥™d like, I have made the decision to have regular checks with my GP in addition to daily activities to keep myself fit and healthy.

  • Vicky Brotherton, Chair of the RCN Plymouth Branch Vicky Brotherton Vicky Brotherton 20 Sep 2023

    Get active ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥“ what does that even mean?

    I became ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥˜RCN activeÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥™ in about 2013 but what does ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥˜get activeÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥™ even mean? Well, for me it's been a rollercoaster of a journey. A journey through which I have made life-long friends and made a difference to colleagues in my workplace and across the profession.