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Royal College of Nursing responds to Public Accounts Committee report urgent and emergency care
Royal College of Nursing Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “Another day, and yet another report into failing NHS services that cannot keep patients safe. Nursing staff have been sounding the siren on staff shortages for years, but the government remains more focused on soundbites than solutions."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to latest NHS England waiting list data
RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “We have heard the opening salvo of the general election in the last ten days and the future of the NHS appears central to all campaigns. All parties must show they have the answers and the funding that meets the challenge shown in these figures."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to CQC's State of Care report
Royal College of Nursing Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “From the cradle to the grave, this report reveals the shocking state of care. Across maternity, social care, mental health and acute settings, the whole system is in turmoil. Health and care services can no longer be there for us when we need them. This is the damning consequence of ignoring nursing staff and not listening to their warnings about services they work in every day."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Health Foundation's analysis of the NHS elective waiting list
Royal College of Nursing Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “Ministers will try to use strikes as an excuse for their failure to cut waiting times, but the very reason nursing staff took action is because of the rapid deterioration we witnessed in recent years."
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Nursing numbers plummet and waiting lists soar while government delays workforce plan, says RCN
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “These figures paint a disturbing picture for patients in hospitals and nursing homes, in the community and in their own homes. The crisis in the nursing workforce is leaving patient care at risk and the immense pressure could risk the collapse of health and care services."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Prime Minister's comments on strike action and waiting lists
Responding to the Prime Minister’s comments on strike action causing waiting lists to increase, RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis said: “This comment adds insult to injury. Blaming nurses for the state of the NHS is a low blow. Nursing staff voted to strike last year out of concern at deteriorating care standards and spiralling waiting times."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Labour's plan to cut NHS waiting lists by increasing out-of-hours work
Responding to Labour’s plan to cut NHS waiting lists by increasing out-of-hours work, Royal College of Nursing Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Too often the NHS runs on the goodwill of its staff. Nursing staff work so much overtime that is never paid - staying behind an hour or two after 12-hour shifts to keep patients safe - so a change in this culture is needed. As part of their shift patterns, weekend work is routine for many."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Health Secretary's letter on EDI roles
Royal College of Nursing Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “The Health Secretary is playing politics and trying to create a false division - frontline staff know the importance of diversity in leadership, even if this government is shunning it in a culture war."
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Only one in 10 nursing staff think governments have achieved equality between mental and physical health care
RCN Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Despite many years of promises and commitments for equal treatment of physical and mental health care, nursing staff are seeing things heading in the wrong direction."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Skills for Care report
Royal College of Nursing Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “A new workforce plan to recruit and retain staff needs heavy central government investment. Social care is buckling under the pressure of too many people needing support, longstanding underfunding, and consequently not enough nursing staff."