, or: how unions fight for working people to get fair recognition and treatment for the work that they do. Collective action gets results! Joining a union is one of the most powerful things you can do as a worker, not just in healthcare but in any field. Well done to @bma.org.uk ✊🏻

Today a student nurse heard a colleague talking about how much I love policies, asked to see my online directory of saved policies, then asked what my favourite policy is, and I still can't tell whether or not she was teasing me.

I volunteer occasionally as an OSCE 'patient' for medical student exams. Today I have had my cranial nerves examined 31 times and now my eyes hurt.

Going home after two days at RCN HQ, where I've been helping to select the debates for this year's Congress #RCN26. We've recommended some really interesting stuff for this year's agenda, and I'm looking forward to hearing what RCN members have to say about it!

Today I've done some good nursing, had some productive teamwork with fab colleagues and collected lovely feedback from patients I discharged, but...

Today I've been working the long day shift - bedside nursing, teaching a pre-reg nursing student, and assessing/delivering/evaluating nursing care for my patients. I love working in a 24/7/365 profession.

Good morning from a train whisking me across the beautiful Pennine countryside to @rcn.org.uk Joint Reps Conference! Looking forward to meeting reps from around the country, and learning about how we make our workplaces better for nursing staff everywhere 💙 #RCNJointReps

@rrowanolive.bsky.social Important park feature (not my photo but park is near me)

Submissions are now open for the Congress agenda for #RCN26! If you've got an idea for a debate at Congress, take it to your branch/forum/committee to be agreed and then submit it here: www.rcn.org.uk/congress/Sub...

Submit a Congress agenda item | Congress | Royal College of Nursing

The RCN is your organisation - this is your opportunity to have your say in setting its agenda and have your item debated at Congress.

rcn.org.uk

It's Freshers Week in Manchester and it's so busy! This does make it slightly more difficult to get down Oxford Road, but it also makes me happy because I'll be teaching some of them soon 🥰 Welcome/welcome back to all of the pre-reg nursing students, I can't wait to see you out in practice.

BBC News - Nurses union to reject pay deal as strike vote looms - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... If you work or study in nursing and you're not a union member, join @rcn.org.uk to stand up for nursing and nurses. #FairPayForNursing #SafeStaffingSavesLives

Nurses union to reject pay deal as strike vote looms

The Royal College of Nursing has been holding a consultative vote on their 3.6% pay rise.

bbc.co.uk

Finished my 4th night shift in a row this morning. Delayed my journey home by half an hour in order to be able to drive past the @bma.org.uk picket and give resident doctors a honk of solidarity. Our medical colleagues need #FullPayRestoration and for their work and responsibility to be recognised.

Today I said "enjoy your new blood!" to a patient as I started their transfusion, and honestly it's a wonder I'm allowed to talk to patients sometimes.

Solidarity with BMA members - your years of pay cuts don't reflect the value of the work that you do. Nursing staff should take note, because this is how we achieve #FairPayForNursing and safe staffing for patients.

The BMA@bma.org.uk · last yr.

The results are in: we have a clear mandate to strike. More than 90% of you who voted in our ballot, voted YES. You’ve made it clear: enough is enough. Our fight for full #PayRestoration for resident doctors in England continues. www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign...

Solidarity with student nurses protesting in Croydon and struggling for jobs across the country - you all deserve better. Student nurses left 'abandoned' and 'neglected' by NHS Trust insidecroydon.com/2025/07/04/s...

Student nurses left ‘abandoned’ and ‘neglected’ by NHS Trust

As government launches its 10-year plan for the NHS, newly qualified nurses are being ‘abandoned’ and ‘neglected’ and turned down for jobs at the hospital where they have sp…

insidecroydon.com

This morning I've been out around my workplace with colleagues from @rcn.org.uk North West, making sure our members have voted in the pay consultation. Lots of people with very strong views - voting is the way to get them acted on! www.rcn.org.uk/MyRCN/Englan...

Is the Westminster government's 3.6% pay award enough? | Royal College of Nursing

Is the Westminster government's 3.6% pay award enough?

rcn.org.uk

Professor Ranger told delegates the RCN is campaigning for the introduction of safe nurse to patient ratios right across the UK. We will bring together all of the evidence and advice, for every setting. To support every individual to work safely. #RCN25

Professor Nicola Ranger has said to delegates that student nurses need more support from governments across the UK if they are to complete their courses and join the profession. The education system needs fixing. #RCN25

Professor Nicola Ranger has told delegates at #RCN25 that for nursing to be properly valued as a profession, it must have a pathway to progression. Too many nurses start and finish their career on the same band.

#RCN25, it’s been a blast! The energy this congress has been infectious. We’re gearing up to be a force to be reckoned with. Enough is enough. Let’s get loud! 📣

Thanks to everyone who joined us this week in Liverpool and online! 🙌 Catch up on anything you might have missed ⬇️ #RCN25

Royal College of Nursing@rcn.org.uk · last yr.

And with that, #RCN25 draws to a close. It’s been a fantastic four days in sunny Liverpool. Thank you to every RCN member who brought their energy, ideas, and passion for our profession with them. See you in May next year for #RCN26 📆 🔗 buff.ly/UktPWjF

Delighted to have been re-elected to @rcn.org.uk's Congress Agenda Committee for two more years. Thank you so much everybody who supported me, I can't tell you how much it means that a silly and colourful staff nurse gets to keep doing a role she loves for our wonderful College and members. #RCN25

RCN North West members gather at Congress! @RCN25

And in case you still want to read up on the issues, you can still access our #RCN25 Congress Reading list: rcn.libguides.com/congress2025

I've got a bruise on my hand from dancing and clapping to the pre-session sting three times a day. It won't stop me doing it again tomorrow though. #RCN25

Thank you so much for all your support, #RCN25. Voting for Agenda Committee is now closed. Results will be announced at the end of Congress tomorrow. See you at the party tonight!

Agenda Committee elections are open until 6pm today for #RCN25 voting members! Go to the exhibition and vote Josie #1 for Agenda Committee ✨ you can rank candidates in preference order, so you can support all of the candidates you like!

Good morning #RCN25! The Agenda Committee election opens at 8am for Congress voting members. Go to the Governance stand in the exhibition area to cast your vote - you can rank the candidates in order of preference, so I'd love your #1 vote for Josie but you can also support other candidates as well!

I should be asleep but I'm too excited about all the interesting debates and discussions lined up for #RCN25 delegates tomorrow! See you all bright and early for 9am - and if you're a voting member, please also remember to vote in the Agenda Committee election (preferably putting Josie as #1!)

On #InternationalNursesDay, we honour the 30 million nurses who are the heart of health systems worldwide. WHO urges accelerated investments to avoid a projected 4 million #nurse shortage by 2030. Because when nurses are supported, everyone thrives 🔗 bit.ly/42SkqBL