Editorial

The RCN emergency care forum seeks to support, represent and be the voice of nurses workin

16 Apr 2025
Do we now have a government prepared to tackle the emergency department crisis?

In a radio interview health secretary Wes Streeting said: ‘We are taking people in ambulan

20 Feb 2025
Urgent and emergency care system might be in crisis, but nursing staff shine through

The Care Quality Commission’s Urgent and Emergency Care Survey 2024 reveals the emergency

12 Dec 2024
How to support people after traumatic events AND look after your well-being

Nurses working in the emergency department have had to develop new skills and knowledge in

24 Oct 2024
Can a new government and empowered nurses turn around the hidden crisis in the NHS?

A new Labour government aims to target ineffective NHS management practice and implement p

13 Aug 2024
A united nursing front can change blame and toxic-centred cultures

Toxic and blame-based emergency department cultures can make nurses feel unsafe and bullie

10 Jun 2024

RCN's emergency care forum is committed to making the nursing specialty one to be proud of

09 Apr 2024
Staff safety and well-being is vital in pressurised emergency departments

Patient and carer frustrations can soon boil over in a pressurised emergency department, s

07 Feb 2024
ED pressures: how to enhance your nursing practice in difficult conditions

Winter heaps more pressure on an already overstretched workforce, but by working together

05 Dec 2023
Toxic behaviour in the ED: why we must look after our workforce

Bullying and harassment in the emergency department takes on many forms and can be openly

27 Apr 2022
Safe staffing in England and Northern Ireland should be enshrined in law
18 Dec 2019

Too many patients must wait excessive periods for care in emergency departments.

29 Jan 2018

Nominate yourself or a colleague for this year’s RCNi Nurse Awards 

04 Dec 2017

Patients and professionals must recognise the signs and symptoms of sepsis much more quickl

02 Nov 2017

Emergency care staff have an opportunity to create more integrated services.

02 Oct 2017

We need to do more to retain emergency nurses under increasing levels of workplace stress.

31 Aug 2017

Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that affects perceptions of the world and int

04 Jul 2017

Ambulance services in England attempt the resuscitation of almost 30,000 people who have ex

05 Jun 2017

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