Responding to the Prime Minister’s press conference today, Dame Donna Kinnair, RCN Chief Executive and General Secretary, said:
“This announcement shows just how difficult this winter could prove for hard-working nursing staff in health and care services across the UK.
“Our health and care services will not only have to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, but also seasonal pressures which put arduous strain on nursing staff and our health system in the colder months of the year.
“This pandemic has exacerbated tensions in the workforce as our recent survey shows.
“If we enter this difficult period with an exhausted and under resourced workforce, who’ve spent the summer covering for widespread staffing shortages, even this investment won’t be able to plaster the cracks in our health and care services.”
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