Nurses have voted overwhelmingly to retain the RCN’s dual role of Royal College and trade union, agreeing this makes it a more effective organisation. Despite the recommendation made in the Francis report into care failings in Mid Staffordshire t
Nurses have voted overwhelmingly to retain the RCN's dual role of Royal College and trade union, agreeing this makes it a more effective organisation. Despite the recommendation made in the Francis report into care failings in Mid Staffordshire that the RCN should split its professional and union arms, 99 per cent of Congress delegates voted to keep it as it is.