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Royal College of Nursing responds to announcement of new surgical hubs to cut waiting lists
Responding to an announcement by the Department of Health and Social Care of new surgical hubs to cut waiting lists, RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “More beds and clinics will only help patients if there are enough nursing staff to care for the people in those beds. Only yesterday figures revealed the impact of the pressures on the nursing workforce show little sign of declining.
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Caring for Children and Young People
This updated publication is for nurses working in the independent sector and identifies key points for organising children and young people’s health care services in independent settings, which include hospitals and clinics.
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Royal College of Nursing responds to BMJ calculations of £2 million more per month extra energy spend for hospitals
Responding to BMJ calculations that hospitals may be forced to pay out £2 million extra a month due to the fuel price surge, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “If the new prime minister expects the NHS to pick between staff and heating bills this year, they will face a severe public backlash."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee report on long-term funding of adult social care
Responding to the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee report on long-term funding of adult social care, RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “Fixing social care is key to tackling the NHS backlog. Without investment, hospital patients cannot be discharged into the community, beds are full, and A&Es are backed up with ambulances waiting outside."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Liz Truss' proposals on public sector pay
Responding to the proposals, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: "This is an attack on NHS values and a direct assault on its professionals."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Department of Health and Social Care's Code of Practice for International Recruitment
Responding to the publication of the Department of Health and Social Care’s Code of Practice for International Recruitment for England, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “Employers must respect and apply these new rules and the UK government must clarify how it will ensure they are enforced, especially in the independent sector where nurses and support workers frequently face harassment from rogue employers."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Nursing and Midwifery Council's (NMC) latest 'Ambitious for change' report
Responding to the NMC's latest report, RCN Diversity and Equalities Co-ordinator, Bruno Daniel, said, "It is time to see improvements. Nursing staff deserve to see change and for wider systemic discrimination in both nursing and midwifery to be a thing of the past."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to UCAS figures showing a fall in acceptances onto nursing courses
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “To address the staffing crisis and give the kind of care patients deserve, we need these figures to look even stronger. Sadly, they have headed in the wrong direction this year."
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New Royal College of Nursing ballot results give clearest sign yet of strike action by nursing staff across the UK
A ballot of Royal College of Nursing members in Scotland has shown the majority are willing to take part in strike action – with the RCN saying the results are the clearest sign yet that industrial action could take place across the UK later this year. In the indicative ballot of RCN members working for the NHS in Scotland over 90% voted to reject the Scottish Government’s pay offer.
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the energy price cap announcement
Responding to the energy price cap announcement, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “This latest increase in heating costs will leave many terrified about how they’ll stay warm this winter. Nursing staff I talked to this week were dreading this kind of announcement and fear a winter of impossible decisions at home."