Press Releases
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14/09/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to World Health Organisation report
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “This report calls for nursing staff and other healthcare workers to be put at the centre of the economic and social recovery after the pandemic – fair pay is a simple way to recruit and retain nursing staff and keep patients safe."
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08/09/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Royal College of Nursing General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen, said: “Our thoughts are with Her Majesty’s family during this difficult time. She will be missed by nursing staff across the UK.”
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08/09/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the latest NHS England performance data
RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “Both routine and emergency care are facing incredible demands, with the waiting list for routine operations rising to yet another all-time high and the dangerous circle where delays in one part of the system impact on another as significant as ever."
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07/09/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Prime Minister’s Questions
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “To suggest that the incredible financial hardship nursing is facing – having to use food banks to make ends meet – is talking down the NHS is missing the point entirely. Nursing will be dismayed by her dismissive response to the reality they face. They are struggling – at home and work – like never before."
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07/09/2022
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Nationwide public advertising campaign demands change from new prime minister as nursing union prepares to ballot 300,000 members
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen said: “From her first moment at the Despatch Box, the new Prime Minister can demonstrate she is listening to the concerns of nursing staff. The toughest questions facing Liz Truss will come from our members and millions of health and care workers like them. They are struggling – at home and work – like never before. And deserve serious answers, not brushing aside."
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06/09/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Thérèse Coffey being appointed Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Responding to the announcement of Thérèse Coffey being appointed Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “Ms Coffey must buck the trend of her predecessors and listen to nursing staff. Our ask for professional and personal support cannot afford to fall on deaf ears - doing the right thing by nurses is the right thing by patients too."
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05/09/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to QualityWatch report 'How much is Covid-19 to blame for growing NHS waiting times?'
Responding to QualityWatch report 'How much is Covid-19 to blame for growing NHS waiting times?', RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “The first thing the new Prime Minister should do following today’s announcement is put this report at the top of their in-tray. Its clear message is that the NHS in England was on its knees even before the pandemic and that even without COVID-19 waiting lists would have risen dramatically."
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05/09/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the announcement of the new prime minister
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “After many weeks of high rhetoric and headline-grabbing claims, the new prime minister must demonstrate to the millions of people in the UK’s health and care workforce that not only is she listening but also delivering. Decisive political action to help them at home and at work has never before been required with such urgency."
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04/09/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to warning from NHS leaders that the new Prime Minister will inherit an NHS in its most challenging state for decades
Responding to a warning from NHS leaders that the NHS is in its most challenging state for decades, Royal College of Nursing General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “Ambulances piling up, waiting lists through the roof and nursing staff on their knees is the nightmare reality in our NHS. Without enough staff to deal with the ever-mounting crisis, patients are suffering and the NHS is increasingly close to collapse."
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02/09/2022
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Two-thirds of the public now support nurse strike, poll shows, as Royal College of Nursing announces increased strike payments for members
Just short of two-thirds of the public now support nurses taking strike action in their fight for fair pay, polling shows, as the Royal College of Nursing increases its strike payments for members ahead of this month’s ballot of 300,000 professionals.
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