Press Releases
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23/09/2024
Press Release
NHS nursing staff vote to reject government pay award for current year
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “We are witnessing a fundamental shift in the determination of nursing staff to stand up for themselves, their patients and the NHS they believe in."
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19/09/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the latest UCAS figures showing a further fall in the acceptances onto nursing degree courses
Executive Director of RCN England Patricia Marquis said: “The continuing collapse in the number of people accepted onto nursing courses should act as a warning sign to government of the urgent need to act. Ignoring this now would be an act of abandonment at a time of crisis."
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17/09/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the IPPR ‘Our Greatest Asset’ report
Executive Director of RCN England Patricia Marquis said: “The government can only achieve its stated missions for growth and the NHS by prioritising health, including prevention. Doing that will require increased investment to scale up community and public health nursing services, whilst ensuring that safe and effective treatment is available when people need it.”
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16/09/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the NHS England announcement on reporting patient care in corridors
A spokesperson for the RCN said: "Clear reporting should be mandatory, not optional, if the NHS is going to get a grip on this emergency situation. No patient deserves the indignity of care in such inappropriate locations."
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12/09/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Prime Minister’s speech following the publication of Lord Darzi’s review
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “The best reform in the NHS looks beyond its own doors and at investment as well as the delivery and standard of each service. Only that holistic approach will achieve the aims being set out today by the Prime Minister."
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11/09/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to publication of Lord Darzi’s Independent investigation of the National Health Service in England
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Nursing staff will recognise many of Lord Darzi’s conclusions, not least how sustained austerity, cuts to public health and failure to invest in community services have impacted NHS performance and patient care."
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11/09/2024
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Specialist nurse workforce on track to halve in size compared with two decades ago, as RCN urges government to intervene on eve of Darzi review
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “A shift to delivering preventative care is vital for patients and our NHS. Prevention helps keep people healthy in their communities, eases the pressure on hospital services and is much more cost effective. But the nurse numbers we need to deliver this shift have collapsed and we’re set to have thousands fewer than we did 20 years ago. That is shocking."
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10/09/2024
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Warnings about COVID-19 transmission ignored until it was ‘too late’, Royal College of Nursing tells Inquiry
Rose Gallagher, RCN Professional lead for Infection Prevention and Control, said: “Throughout the pandemic, the Royal College of Nursing regularly raised concerns and provided detailed evidence on how the virus was spreading and the need for greater, more specific protection."
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10/09/2024
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NHS employers must reduce work pressures, as new figures show rise in nursing staff experiencing suicidal thoughts
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “It’s becoming increasingly clear that workplace pressures are contributing to a rise in suicidal thoughts among nursing staff. This is a very serious issue that requires the full attention of ministers and employers."
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10/09/2024
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Royal College of Nursing response to NHS pay announcement for nursing staff in Wales
Responding to the NHS pay announcement for nursing staff in Wales, RCN Wales Executive Director Helen Whyley said: “The RCN today welcomes the Welsh government announcement that it will implement the recommendations of the independent pay review body (PRB) for NHS Agenda for Change staff in Wales. Nursing staff have been eagerly awaiting the Welsh government decision since early July, which applies from April 2024."
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