Press Releases
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14/04/2023
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RCN announces further strike action as members in England vote to reject NHS pay offer
More than six in ten of eligible members took part in the ballot, with 54% voting to reject the latest Government pay offer. RCN General Secretary Pat Cullen has written to the Health Secretary to notify of imminent strike action, new ballot and to seek talks.
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04/04/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Hewitt Review
Responding to the Right Hon Patricia Hewitt’s review of oversight and governance of integrated care systems (ICSs), RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “Almost every day a new report highlights the crisis in our NHS with patients suffering and staff struggling. We welcome many of the measures set out in this report as starting points to reverse the dramatic deterioration that health services – and those working on the frontline – are facing."
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03/04/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to new analysis showing 15,000 children’s operations cancelled last year
Responding to new analysis from the Liberal Democrats, which shows nearly 15,000 children’s operations were cancelled at hospitals in England last year in part due to bed and staff shortages, RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: "When 15,000 children’s operations are cancelled in a single year due to a shortage of staff and beds – and some children are left waiting over three years for an operation – then it really does throw a stark light on the dangerous state of our NHS."
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29/03/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the British Social Attitudes Survey
RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “This should send shockwaves through the heart of Westminster and yet the findings will come as no surprise to those working across health and care."
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28/03/2023
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Nursing staff to vote on new NHS pay offer in England
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen said: "Weeks of negotiation resulted in a new offer and it’s only right that we ask our members to vote again and to give their view on the government’s proposal."
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16/03/2023
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UK government announces new NHS pay offer for nursing staff in England
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “The government was forced into these negotiations and to reopen the pay award as a result of the historic pressure from nursing staff. Members took the hardest of decisions to go on strike and I believe they have been vindicated today."
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15/03/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Budget Statement
Responding to the Budget Statement, RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: "England's NHS and social care system is ailing and the Budget did not put it on a better path. Jeremy Hunt is on the record less than a year ago raising the alarm over the greatest workforce crisis in NHS history but as Chancellor he is not yet gripping it."
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09/03/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to latest NHS performance statistics
RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “Waiting lists again at record levels, people waiting hours in A&E for treatment and thousands of patients well enough to go home stuck in hospital beds is not a picture of an NHS in the peak of health."
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09/03/2023
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NHS England survey ‘lays bare’ staff in crisis, says RCN, warning change cannot wait
A decline in staff satisfaction with the quality of care, increased pressure in the workplace and crisis in mental health could spell disaster for the National Health Service.
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03/03/2023
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RCN says landmark race discrimination case ‘must drive change’ as NHS England apologises to senior nurse
The Royal College of Nursing says a landmark race discrimination case ‘must drive change’ as NHS England (NHSE) apologises to a senior nurse, Michelle Cox, who faced racial discrimination, harassment and victimisation while employed by NHSE&I Commissioning.
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