Press Releases
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02/02/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the latest NHS England Urgent and Emergency Care Daily Situation Report
Responding to the latest NHS England Urgent and Emergency Care Daily Situation Report, RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “On the Prime Minister’s 100th day in office — and the day the RCN hands in a 100,000-strong petition to Downing Street calling for fair pay for nursing — data shows how the NHS is deteriorating rapidly on his watch."
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02/02/2023
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As Prime Minister marks 100 days in office, RCN warns Sunak is failing patients and harming economy
The RCN will today deliver a petition to Downing Street – signed by 100,000 members of the public, nursing staff and patients – calling for the Prime Minister to pay nursing staff fairly.
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26/01/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the latest NHS Urgent and Emergency Daily Situation Report and Sickness Absence data
RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “The pressure on nursing staff and the effect on their patients is exactly why we are taking strike action With thousands of patients still stuck in hospitals in England who are medically fit to be discharged – up from this time a month ago – the pressure on nursing staff and hospitals is extremely high."
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19/01/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the latest NHS Urgent and Emergency Care Daily Situation Report
RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “This data shows exactly why nurses across the country are standing up for their patients and joining picket lines for a second consecutive day today."
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18/01/2023
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Statement from General Secretary at the end of the third strike day
Speaking at the end of the Royal College of Nursing's third day of strike action, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen, said: “Rather than grabbing our olive branch, Steve Barclay is desperately looking for new ways not to negotiate with nurses."
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16/01/2023
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RCN announces further strike action in February after UK Government fails to start negotiations
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen said: “It is with a heavy heart that nursing staff are striking this week and again in three weeks. Rather than negotiate, Rishi Sunak has chosen strike action again."
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12/01/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to latest NHS England performance data
RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “Ministers - including the Prime Minister - have so far refused to acknowledge that health and care is in crisis, yet some of what we are hearing from the frontline beggars belief."
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09/01/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to talks with the health secretary today
RCN Director of Employment Relations and Legal Services, Joanne Galbraith-Marten, said: “There is no resolution to our dispute yet in sight. Today’s meeting was bitterly disappointing – nothing for the current year and repeating that ‘the budget is already set’ for next year."
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09/01/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to government winter pressures announcement
RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said “Without investment in staff, providing more facilities – whether it’s more beds in care homes or hospitals – won’t make a difference. Nursing staff are leaving the profession in their droves and pay is a key factor. To halt the exodus, ministers must pay them fairly.”
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06/01/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the latest NHS England weekly situation report
Responding to the latest NHS England data, RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “Our NHS is at the point of collapse but we have a Prime Minister who is detached from the reality of the situation. Bed occupancy rates are running at dangerous levels – around 95% – with every square inch of hospital space being used to add more patients, yet there are not more nursing staff to treat the ever growing number of those who need care."
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