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RCN Launches Independent Sector Employment Standards

The RCN Employment Standards for Independent Health and Social Care Sectors have now been launched. Please follow the link below to read more about the supporting standards for nurses and employers in the future relating to employment terms and conditions:

Supportive policies, fair pay, and culture: RCN launches independent sector employment standards | News | Royal College of Nursing

NCL Training Hub's Clinical Director, Katherine Gerrans put forward the idea at Congress 2023. It was her first time submitting an item to the annual RCN Nursing Conference. She said: “It felt like the ideal way to get my voice and other voices like mine working in independent settings heard, and it was exciting to see an appetite for something less focused on traditional hospital nursing. It’s inspiring that in the space of a year we’ve seen movement on something we’ve been struggling with for decades".  

“It’s so helpful to have something we can use to underpin our conversations around levelling up our pay, terms and conditions in independent health and social care settings. There’s still work that needs to happen alongside the employment standards and it’s vital that they’re supported by appropriate funding to ensure they’re implemented, but it’s a great a step in the right direction.”