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New ICN position statement highlights safe staffing and health workforce safety as priority areas for patient safety
Highlighting that ”Patient harm from unsafe care is one of the leading causes of death and disability globally and a growing public health challenge”, a new position statement released by ICN calls on governments to substantially increase investment and recruitment, development and training and retention of the health workforce, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, as a critical action to reduce patient harm and advance patient safety.
24 August 2023
Health inequities and discrimination – new ICN’s position statement addresses role of nurses
Presenting a brief overview of the ways in which inequities and discrimination intersect with health and affect the health of all persons across the globe, the new position statement describes how experiences of discrimination, racism and historical trauma are important social determinants of health inequities for certain groups of people, such as LGBTQ+, indigenous peoples, people of colour, women and gender minorities, people with disabilities, and older persons.
16 August 2023
ICN welcomes the Sudanese Nurses Organization as its newest member
Speaking at the ICN Congress in Montreal, Canada, ICN CEO Howard Catton said the Sudanese nurses decision to join ICN was extremely timely because of the very difficult conditions that its nurses are currently working under.
29 June 2023
BBC StoryWorks honoured by Webby Awards for Caring with Courage, a series produced for the ICN showing nurses’ uplifting stories from across the globe
ICN Chief Executive Officer Howard Catton congratulated BBC StoryWorks on behalf of the world’s nurses for its sensitive and intelligent films, which have succeeded in capturing the true essence of nursing.
28 June 2023
Latest cohort of ICN’s GNLI scholars join GNLI alumni with “unparalleled understanding of importance of advocacy and action”
Thirty senior nurses from 21 countries graduated from ICN’s flagship Global Nursing Leadership Institute (GNLI™) in a ceremony hosted by ICN President Dr Pamela Cipriano.
23 June 2023
ICN urges International Labour Organisation to listen to nurses on the front line and calls for recognition of nursing’s contribution to good health care and social justice
ICN Senior Policy Advisor Karine Lavoie represented the world’s nurses at the International Labour Organisations’ 111th Annual Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, last week.
22 June 2023
ICN opens virtual access to a “slice” of its Montreal Congress!
In order to widened access to its international Congress to be held in Montreal, Canada, 1-5 July, the ICN is offering a selection of Congress sessions via a virtual platform, known as “Spotlight on Congress”.
22 June 2023
Canada’s Health Minister and Chief Nurse to speak at ICN Congress in July
The Honourable Jean Yves Duclos, Minister for Health for Canada, and Dr Leigh Chapman, Chief Nursing Officer for Canada will speak at the International Council of Nurses’ (ICN) Congress to be held in Montreal, Canada, 1-5 July 2023.
8 June 2023
BBC highlights ICN’s concerns over international recruitment from ‘Red List’ countries
The International Council of Nurses’ position on the international recruitment of nurses has made headline news across the BBC, its flagship Radio 4 Programme ‘Today’ and BBC World Service.
6 June 2023
ICN calls on nations at 76th World Health Assembly to turn talk of supporting nurses into action
ICN’s 80-strong delegation of nurses at the WHA, led by ICN President Dr Pamela Cipriano, spoke at a wide range of side events and intervened on numerous agenda items at the event, including on emergency preparedness, UHC, infection prevention and control, and women’s and children’s health.
1 June 2023
ICN at the 76th World Health Assembly in Geneva - 24 May 2023
ICN has a delegation of nurses at the WHA, with six delegates attending in person, and around 80 following the proceedings online. Today they continued making contributions to the debates and discussions of the WHA, including two formal interventions.
25 May 2023
The leader of Sudan’s nurses calls on colleagues around the world to back calls for ceasefire amid devastation in his war-torn country
ICN has published a letter from the President of the Sudan Nurses Organisation, Mowafag Hassan Hashim, addressing the nurses of the world and asking them for their support.
25 May 2023