Press Releases
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09/06/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Liberal Democrats plan on ambulance handovers and corridor care
RCN Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: "Corridor care is a national emergency and ending it needs to be a priority for politicians in this election."
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06/06/2024
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University financial crisis ‘engulfing’ nursing courses, RCN warns
RCN Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “What is happening in universities will impact the NHS, the care sector, and their ability to provide safely staffed services"
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04/06/2024
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NHS Long Term Workforce Plan will be 10,000 new nurses behind target by 2025
Declining numbers starting nursing degree courses in England and university course closures creates ‘irretrievable downward spiral’ in workforce planning, RCN warns.
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04/06/2024
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New RCN analysis reveals devastating collapse in learning disability nursing workforce
New analysis from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) released today reveals a huge collapse in the number of learning disability nurses training to work in England’s health and care services – with the regional picture revealing large swathes of the country where shockingly few learning disability nurses will enter the workforce in the years to come.
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04/06/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Liberal Democrat proposals for social care
Responding to the Liberal Democrat plan for free personal care to end the hospital crisis and help people stay in their own homes, Patricia Marquis, Executive Director of RCN England, said: "With over a hundred thousand care worker vacancies across the sector, any policy to improve personal care requires an equally ambitious, fully-funded long-term workforce plan."
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03/06/2024
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Negotiate on NHS pay through summer, nursing leader asks next PM
The only way to avoid a six-month delay to this year’s NHS nurse pay uplift is to hold negotiations in the weeks after the election, the RCN leader has said at the union’s annual conference. Professor Nicola Ranger, Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive, made the call in her keynote speech at the RCN Congress in Newport, Wales, as she launched the College’s General Election manifesto.
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03/06/2024
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Nursing union declares ‘national emergency’ over corridor care crisis
Patients are being left without access to oxygen, enduring intimate examinations, and even dying in hospital corridors, it is revealed today, as the nursing union declares a “national emergency” over care delivered in inappropriate crowded areas.
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02/06/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to pledges from the Conservative Party to boost NHS services in the community
Executive Director of RCN England, Patricia Marquis, said: “The desperate need to invest more in primary and community health services has been apparent for years and this announcement doesn’t go nearly far enough."
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31/05/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to NHS Confederation survey finding that health leaders plan staff cuts amid ‘substantial’ saving targets
Executive Director of RCN England, Patricia Marquis, said: "The millions that are stuck on waiting lists are proof that balancing the books on the backs of patients is a road to nowhere. Cuts to services harm patient outcomes and cost the NHS more in the long run."
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29/05/2024
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Professor Pat Cullen steps down from RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive role
Professor Pat Cullen, said: “This was the hardest decision to make, and we have achieved so much in three very different and difficult years. I hope my legacy here will be to have helped the nursing profession use its voice and campaign for change, for ourselves and patients. I owe RCN members a debt of gratitude.”
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