RCN East Midlands

16/04/2026

Nursing staff form the largest group in the global health workforce; when we act together, our impact is unparalleled. 🌍

📅 International Nurses’ Day is back on 12 May!

This year, we’re celebrating the contribution of the nursing profession, in the UK and across the world.

Learn more and get involved: https://bit.ly/41xDVy1

Don’t forget to order your badge while stocks last: https://bit.ly/4t72uxT

31/03/2026

There's still time to register for the first in our series of online events explaining the band 5 role review in the NHS in England. It's this Thursday at 5pm.

If you're a band 5 nurse, it will help you understand what the NHS has committed to do and how you can get involved.

The series throughout April will also cover how those in other bands can seek a review of their job description if it no longer matches their responsibilities.

Register now ⬇️

Join this session to understand in detail what commitments have been made to review band 5 roles in the NHS in England.

31/03/2026

Work-related contact dermatitis affects many nursing and health care staff, causing pain, discomfort and difficulties performing everyday clinical tasks.

If you've had work-related contact dermatitis on your hands and wrists in recent years, please share your experiences in our short survey. ➡️ https://bit.ly/4rYwoD5

We’ll use your insights to work with employers and national bodies to improve staff wellbeing, patient safety and workplace culture. ✅

This survey is being delivered in collaboration with SC Johnson Professional UK

24/03/2026

Director of the RCN Institute of Nursing Excellence, Professor Jane Ball encourages students, nurses and health care support workers to tell us what their last shift was like to help us grow the evidence bank needed for change.

17/03/2026

🚨 | Add your name to our open letter to Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting MP and Minister for Health Karin Smyth. Make sure they know – we demand negotiations start quickly to reform NHS pay.

Members working for the NHS in England and Wales will have a 3.3% pay award imposed on them from next month.

Unions and workers were not involved this decision, and the Westminster government are yet to deliver on their promise for negotiations to improve the Agenda for Change pay structure. It has been 18 months.

Today, with other NHS Unions, we are saying loud and clear: 3.3% is not enough. You are worth more. Annual adjustments like this will not make sure nursing staff are paid what they deserve.

Read more and add your name: https://bit.ly/3PGyQk5

11/03/2026

25/02/2026

Congratulations and good luck to the finalists in the Student Nursing Times Awards 2026.👏

No fewer than 11 of the shortlisted entrants this year - individuals and organisations alike - are from our East Midlands region.

The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in London on 24 April.

Now in their 15th year, the Student Nursing Times Awards will return on Friday 24th April 2026 to celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of the next generation of nurses and the educators who support them. Whether you're a current student, a recent graduate, a practice supervisor who goes above a

13/02/2026

If you're a health care support worker or Nursing Associate in the East Midlands and you've been an RCN member for at least the last year, did you know you can stand for election to the RCN UK Nursing Support Workers Committee?

There's a vacancy on the committee for the remainder of 2026. If you're interested, you'll need two fellow members in our Nursing Support Worker membership category to support your nomination.

The closing date is 2 March.

Find out about the current opportunities to get involved with RCN committees or boards.

12/02/2026

The RCN says the government's below-inflation 2026/27 NHS pay award is an insult

11/02/2026

After sustained RCN pressure, nursing staff will benefit from a package to tackle barriers to progression