Press Releases
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25/10/2023
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Government must ensure thousands of general practice nursing staff are given the pay rise they were promised
Royal College of Nursing Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “The RCN is unequivocal that all nursing staff working in general practice should receive the same 6% increase in pay as salaried GPs – as the government announced in July. Since that time, it has become clear that this promised increase is at risk for many working in practices that will not receive the full funding."
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25/10/2023
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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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20/10/2023
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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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20/10/2023
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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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12/10/2023
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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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12/10/2023
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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."
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11/10/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Shadow Health Secretary, Wes Streeting’s, Labour Party Conference speech
Royal College of Nursing Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “If our NHS is to be the envy of the world again, with quality social care to match – they each need both investment and reform."
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10/10/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Leader of the Opposition Keir Starmer's Labour Party Conference speech
Royal College of Nursing Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Ending low pay, insecurity and reforming the NHS is what our members cried out for this year and won the support of the public across the country. There is a political dividend for a party that gets this right."
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10/10/2023
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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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08/10/2023
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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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