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IWD 2025

Confronting inbuilt inequalities

Deepa Korea, RCN Director, reflects on International Women's Day on her career, looking at how we begin to confront the inbuilt inequalities that face us

Student nurses walking down a corridor

Compassionate Leadership – a way forward

A year after Follow your Compassion, RCN Foundation Director, Deepa Korea, reflects on the findings and our commitment to take action to embed compassionate leadership within nursing and midwifery.

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Investing in the future for nursing and midwifery: shaping the health and care agenda together

RCN Foundation Director, Deepa Korea, shares her thoughts on the Foundation's strategy and our plans for the next 5 years.

cost of living

Cost-of-living crisis impacts the nursing and midwifery professions

In October 2023, our Head of Grants and Impact, Sarah McGloin, wrote an editorial piece for the Occupational Medicine Journal, regarding the impact of the cost-of-living crisis amongst nursing and midwifery professions.

nursing and sustainability

Responding to the climate crisis with healthcare innovation

Deepa Korea looks at innovations that could make big changes to sector carbon emissions.

Mental health conditions and money problems

When you aren't mentally well, managing finances is a challenge. Here, Ruth Samuel explores options that may help during times of difficulty.

Has the pandemic changed leadership in nursing?

Dr Sarah McGloin reflects on a panel discussion about leadership within nursing during the height of the pandemic.

Jude Harford, RCN Foundation Wessex education grant recipient

A Dorset nurse's education grant journey

Jude Harford is a paediatric practice nurse working in Poole, Dorset. Here Jude shares her reflections on how the RCN Foundation Wessex Grant enabled her to develop new expertise in infant care.