Press Releases
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20/05/2019
Press Release
The Royal College of Nursing Congress will debate whether it should lobby governments to stop criminalising prostitutes in the best interests of public health.
“Nurses often take a leading role in the care and treatment of sex workers, and advocate for their health and wellbeing and they want to know if there’s more that can be done to safeguard their patients", says RCN professional lead for public health Helen Donovan
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20/05/2019
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Stop short-changing the public and end staffing crisis, new nursing leader tells Government
The Government must end the desperate shortage of nurses in England by returning the £1 billion it took from nursing education, the UK’s new nursing leader will say today
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20/05/2019
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Dangers of nitrous oxide poorly understood despite law change, say nurses on third anniversary of ban
A new public awareness campaign on the dangers of nitrous oxide is needed ahead of the festival season, frontline nurses attending the Royal College of Nursing annual Congress said as they accused the recent law change of failing to tackle the use of the drug.
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08/05/2019
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Royal College of Nursing responds to new data on UK nursing workforce
Royal College of Nursing Chief Executive and General Secretary Dame Donna Kinnair said: “Any boost to the register is good news but looking behind the headlines raises further concerns.
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16/04/2019
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Royal College of Nursing responds to report into safe levels of nursing staff
It will trouble patients and the public today to hear the experts warn again of the deadly risks being run and that some parts of the NHS have 1 in 5 posts vacant according to this report, says Patricia Marquis Director for England at the Royal College of Nursing
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11/04/2019
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Royal College of Nursing new exhibition on care for older people shows age really is just a number
A new exhibition at the Royal College of Nursing shows how the way we care for older people has changed over the last 200 years, shifting from workhouses, institutions and care homes and into the 21st century
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03/04/2019
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Royal College of Nursing responds to PAC report on NHS financial sustainability
Without a significant investment into nursing, and at least £1bn per year into higher education for nurses the NHS will struggle to attract and retain the next generation of nurses says Dame Donna Kinnair
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28/03/2019
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Royal College of Nursing responds to BMA report on public health spending
All nurses, not just those who work in public health, know it is a false economy to cut funding programmes that prevent ill-health, such as smoking cessation and sexual health clinics says Patricia Marquis Director for England at the Royal College of Nursing.
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27/03/2019
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Labour Party analysis of numbers leaving nursing
Health and care services are losing thousands of experienced, dedicated nursing staff who feel as if no one is sufficiently listening to their concerns, said Dame Donna Kinnair
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26/03/2019
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Royal College of Nursing responds to NIHR review into safe staffing in hospitals
Dame Donna Kinnair, Acting Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, said: “The NIHR’s review adds to the important body of existing evidence that too few registered nurses on wards can lead to patient harm, and even death."
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