Press Releases
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12/08/2022
Press Release
New Royal College of Nursing ballot results give clearest sign yet of strike action by nursing staff across the UK
A ballot of Royal College of Nursing members in Scotland has shown the majority are willing to take part in strike action – with the RCN saying the results are the clearest sign yet that industrial action could take place across the UK later this year. In the indicative ballot of RCN members working for the NHS in Scotland over 90% voted to reject the Scottish Government’s pay offer.
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11/08/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the latest NHS performance data
Responding to the latest NHS performance data for England, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen, said: “Patients deserve better. Nursing staff are trying to deliver the best they can, but safe patient care is being undermined by the workforce crisis across health and social care."
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09/08/2022
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Defining moment for nursing as Royal College of Nursing announces ballot dates and urges hundreds of thousands of members to support strike action
The world’s largest nursing trade union and professional body is recommending hundreds of thousands of its members to support industrial strike action in a ballot that opens in mid-September.
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05/08/2022
Press Response
Royal College of Nursing responds to TUC study showing child poverty increasing in key-worker households
Responding to a TUC study showing child poverty is increasing in key-worker households, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “The reason that some children of nursing staff are living in poverty is because their parents aren’t paid enough.
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04/08/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee report on long-term funding of adult social care
Responding to the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee report on long-term funding of adult social care, RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “Fixing social care is key to tackling the NHS backlog. Without investment, hospital patients cannot be discharged into the community, beds are full, and A&Es are backed up with ambulances waiting outside."
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02/08/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Department of Health and Social Care's Code of Practice for International Recruitment
Responding to the publication of the Department of Health and Social Care’s Code of Practice for International Recruitment for England, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “Employers must respect and apply these new rules and the UK government must clarify how it will ensure they are enforced, especially in the independent sector where nurses and support workers frequently face harassment from rogue employers."
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02/08/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Liz Truss' proposals on public sector pay
Responding to the proposals, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: "This is an attack on NHS values and a direct assault on its professionals."
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01/08/2022
Press Release
Royal College of Nursing responds to the Nursing and Midwifery Council's (NMC) latest 'Ambitious for change' report
Responding to the NMC's latest report, RCN Diversity and Equalities Co-ordinator, Bruno Daniel, said, "It is time to see improvements. Nursing staff deserve to see change and for wider systemic discrimination in both nursing and midwifery to be a thing of the past."
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31/07/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Rishi Sunak’s comments on the NHS
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen said: “The first NHS funding commitment any would-be prime minister needs to make is to pay healthcare staff – including nurses and nursing support workers – fairly."
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28/07/2022
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NHS England sickness absence data shows sharp increase in nursing sickness absences
Data released by NHS England today shows FTE days lost to sickness absence from COVID-19 among nursing staff jumped sharply, by 43%, from February to March 2022
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