Press Releases
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14/07/2022
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Nursing staff sound the alarm over patients being treated in corridors and on trollies
More than a quarter of nursing staff in hospitals across the UK say patients are being treated in the wrong setting, meaning their care is being compromised and even made unsafe, a Royal College of Nursing survey has found.
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14/07/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to a new WHO and ILO report on the gender pay gap in the health and care sector
Responding to a new WHO and ILO report on the gender pay gap in the health and care sector, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “This report is a stark reminder of the work that remains to be done. Across the globe, health and care is underfunded and professionals face very real discrimination in the form of a gender pay gap as much as 24 per cent."
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14/07/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to new UCAS data showing a drop in applications to nursing programmes
Responding to the new UCAS data showing a drop in applications to nursing programmes, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: "This is further evidence this week that things are heading in the wrong direction. An 8 per cent drop in applications to nursing courses across the UK is a real cause for concern amid a workforce crisis which is compromising safe patient care."
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12/07/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Commons vote on statutory instruments
RCN Director of Employment Relations and Legal Services, Joanne Galbraith-Marten, said: “This week, the public showed that they support nursing staff taking action to get the pay rise they deserve. Yet the proposals passed today in the House of Commons, seeking to undermine potential industrial action, are deeply undemocratic and unsafe for patients."
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11/07/2022
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Public support for nursing taking industrial action has risen sharply, as Royal College of Nursing calls on new Health Secretary to end pay delay
Ministers must give nursing an immediate, substantial pay rise, the Royal College of Nursing says, as a new poll shows a sharp rise in public support in England for nursing taking industrial action.
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07/07/2022
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Judge to rule in public-sector pensions case after Royal College of Nursing wins latest round of legal battle
Denise Kelly, chair of the RCN’s Trade Union Committee, said: “Our members deserve to have the pensions they’re entitled to after years of devoted service to the NHS.
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07/07/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to NHS England board report
Responding to a report on NHS staff pay presented to NHS England's board today, RCN England Director, Patricia Marquis, said: “NHS England boss Amanda Pritchard was right to recognise the 'operational necessity' of a fair pay rise for nursing."
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07/07/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Prime Minister’s resignation
Responding to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s resignation, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: "A political vacuum now exists at a time when nursing staff providing care and treatment against all odds face unrelenting pressure and a workforce crisis."
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06/07/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to new Health Secretary's appointment
Responding to the appointment of Steve Barclay as the new Health and Social Care Secretary, RCN Chair of Council, Carol Popplestone, said: “His imminent decision on NHS pay will send the first and greatest signal on the relationship Mr. Barclay wants with his health and care workforce. If he doles out another real terms pay cut before his feet are properly under the desk, our professionals will immediately lose faith in him."
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05/07/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Chancellor and Health Secretary’s resignations
Responding to Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid’s resignations, RCN Chair of Council, Carol Popplestone, said: “Before the government started to crumble, it had long been happening in the NHS and social care."
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