Press Releases
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09/02/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to UCAS data showing nursing applications drop by almost a fifth in England
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “These figures are damning for the government. Not only are they losing a record number of experienced nurses from the NHS but they are compounding the problem by deterring the next generation."
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06/02/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to an urgent question put to the government in Parliament about today's strikes
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “No Health Secretary and no Business Secretary were there to answer urgent questions in Parliament today – and no response from the Prime Minister after I wrote to him this weekend. People may wonder if the government is also on strike."
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03/02/2023
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RCN cancels next weeks strike in Wales and says Prime Minister has no place left to hide on NHS pay in England
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen, said: “If the other governments can negotiate and find more money for this year, the Prime Minister can do the same. Rishi Sunak has no place left to hide. His unwillingness to help nursing is being exposed as a personal choice, not an economic necessity."
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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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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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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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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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