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Royal College of Nursing responds to the minimum service level consultation
RCN Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “The RCN has always been responsible in taking safe strike action, with concerns for patient safety at its core. However nursing staff will tell you there are not safe staffing levels on non-strike days - and they are sometimes unable to provide the level of service and care patients need."
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RCN Director warns MPs that NHS Workforce Plan is a ‘lofty set of aspirations without any detail’
The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan is a ‘lofty set of aspirations without any detail of how they’ll be delivered’, the RCN’s Director for England Patricia Marquis said today when giving evidence to the Health and Social Care Select Committee.
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Nuffield Trust analysis
Royal College of Nursing Deputy Director for Nursing, Dr Nichola Ashby, said: “The Royal College of Nursing has long advocated for a loan forgiveness scheme for nursing staff to boost recruitment and retention to the public sector nursing workforce. Many people choose to become a nurse so that they can help care for some of the sickest and most vulnerable people in our society – and it is wrong that they should be saddled with, on average, almost £50,000 of debt."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Health and Social Care Secretary and Prime Minister meeting on NHS winter pressures
RCN Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “We need to have a long-term conversation of how we protect the NHS whatever the time of year so we do not need to reach this point every winter, investing in the nursing workforce must be at the heart of this.”
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How becoming a Learning Disability Nurse really can exceed your expectations
Did I know what a career in learning disability nursing would be like? Did I know the rewards it would bring and what I could achieve before I started over 26 years ago?
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Royal College of Nursing responds to new financial support allocations announced for student nurses in England
Responding to the announcement by the Department for Health and Social Care, RCN Deputy Director for Nursing, Dr Nichola Ashby, said: "We have been campaigning on this and it is an important step in improving nursing students' ability to afford to fulfil their placements, but more radical changes are needed to address the shortage of nursing students."
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Royal College of Nursing and Active Care Group sign partnership learning agreement
The learning and development of nursing staff working in the independent sector took a step forward today with a new partnership between the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and Active Care Group. The two organisations have signed a partnership learning agreement which will support the creation of up to ten RCN learning representative roles at Active Care Group.
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Health and Social Care Secretary's speech
Responding to the Health and Social Care Secretary's speech at the Conservative Party Conference, Royal College of Nursing Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “The Health Secretary should not play politics and court controversy at the expense of people’s health and good care, including plans that can actively deter trans individuals from accessing services."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the King's Speech
Royal College of Nursing Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: "The Prime Minister has failed to deliver legislation to address the crisis in the nursing workforce and our NHS and patients will continue to pay the price until at least the next election."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to new record NHS waiting lists
RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “Nurses across the country will be concerned that the Prime Minister has again missed his target to cut waiting times. It’s bad news for patients - since making his pledge to cut waiting lists in January, they have increased by nearly half a million."