Press Releases
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27/05/2021
Press Release
Royal College of Nursing responds to Government u-turn on plans for pandemic ban on social care staff moving between care homes
In October last year it emerged the Government was planning to introduce a ban on nursing staff moving between care homes in England to try to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
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26/05/2021
Press Response
Royal College of Nursing responds to Dominic Cummings' Select Committee appearance
RCN Chair of Council, Dave Dawes, said: “Failures in planning, decision-making and accountability left nursing staff dangerously short of the protection they needed from the very beginning of the pandemic."
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12/05/2021
Press Release
Royal College of Nursing responds to announcement of public independent COVID-19 inquiry
RCN Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: "The PM has assured the nation today that the long-awaited Covid-19 public inquiry will have a statutory footing, which is what nursing staff expect if lessons are to be truly learned."
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12/05/2021
Press Release
Royal College of Nursing responds to new study that explores views of healthcare staff on the COVID-19 vaccine
Helen Donovan, RCN Professional Lead for Public Health, said: "We are proud to have worked on this important study to better understand the attitudes, experiences and concerns of health and social care workers to the COVID-19 vaccine."
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29/04/2021
Press Release
Royal College of Nursing comments on Sir Simon Stevens stepping down from NHS England
RCN President, Professor Dame Anne Marie Rafferty, said: “He always spoke about nurses and doctors, in that order, and I would like to thank him for the incredible support he has given us as a community and profession throughout the pandemic.
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27/04/2021
Press Release
Royal College of Nursing stands in solidarity with nursing staff in India
RCN President Professor Dame Anne Marie Rafferty, said: "In the context of a global pandemic, no one is safe until everyone is safe."
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09/04/2021
Press Release
Royal College of Nursing sends condolences on death of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
“The contribution His Royal Highness made to public life in this country for many decades will be his greatest legacy," said Dame Donna Kinnair, RCN's Chief Executive and General Secretary
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18/03/2021
Press Release
Boris Johnson must stand by nurses who stood by him, says RCN leader
The prime minister must remember the work of nursing staff he praised after his own hospital stay and reconsider his one per cent NHS pay award , the leader of the Royal College of Nursing says in a speech to activists today.
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18/03/2021
Press Release
Royal College of Nursing responds to CQC report ‘Protect, respect, connect – decisions about living and dying well during COVID-19’
“End of life care must always be delivered with the utmost compassion and designed as part of the personalised care plan to suit each patient," says Carolyn Doyle, Professional Lead for Community & End of Life Care for the Royal College of Nursing
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10/03/2021
Press Release
Royal College of Nursing responds to the Public Accounts Committee report on Test, Track and Trace
RCN Chief Executive and General Secretary, Dame Donna Kinnair, said: “The Government needs to move nursing staff up their list of priorities or they risk losing those who they have relied on from the very beginning of the pandemic.
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