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Royal College of Nursing responds to analysis by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine showing scale of excess deaths caused by long waits in NHS emergency departments
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive said: “This crisis is taking lives and nursing staff in England’s hospitals are forced to witness it every shift. Go into any hospital, the corridors and cupboards are packed with patients – care is not only undignified but fatally unsafe. One nurse told me a lady had died on a trolley in a corridor and it went unnoticed far too long – that is the current state of our health service."
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Cardiovascular disease: the essentials for non-specialists
Many of the UK’s 7.6 million cases of CVD are preventable, so nursing staff in all settings need to know the basics
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COVID inquiry: RCN presents evidence on testing, PPE and staffing in the care sector
Care services were chronically under-resourced to deal with pandemic pressures and lessons must be learned, we told the inquiry.
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From cottage hospitals to community nursing: a history of care in the countryside
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Know How to Search CINAHL
Learn about using the CINAHL database for literature searches at this event for RCN members.
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Forum Chairs Committee
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Jersey pay consultation opens
Jersey pay consultation 2024-26 opens
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