Press Releases
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21/03/2019
Press Response
Royal College of Nursing comments on 'Closing the Gap' report on NHS-workforce
Dame Donna Kinnair, Acting Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, said: “The staggering numbers in this report should cause alarm in Whitehall and focus the minds of Ministers on the cash they must put on the table to close the gaps."
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11/03/2019
Press Release
Royal College of Nursing responds to NHS England clinical standards pilot
Dame Donna Kinnair, Acting Chief Executive of the Royal College of Nursing, said: “These proposals for pilots have been drawn up in consultation with clinicians, and we back the approach of treating the sickest patients fastest."
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07/03/2019
Press Response
Royal College of Nursing responds to Home Office extending salary exemption for international nurses
RCN Acting Chief Executive and General Secretary Dame Donna Kinnair said: “On the same day we learn that the number of unfilled nurse jobs has risen year on year, the importance of this decision cannot be underestimated."
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07/03/2019
Press Release
Royal College of Nursing comments on latest NHS Improvement performance figures
Royal College of Nursing Acting Chief Executive Dame Donna Kinnair said: “It’s very disappointing that there are over 3,000 more nursing vacancies in the NHS in England than this time last year"
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07/03/2019
Press Release
Royal College of Nursing responds to the British Social Attitudes survey
Royal College of Nursing to the British Social Attitudes survey
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14/02/2019
Press Release
Royal College of Nursing responds to NHS Combined Performance Summary
Patricia Marquis, Director of the Royal College of Nursing in England, said: “Speak to anybody at the coalface and they will tell you that it’s patients who are paying the price for the lack of staff and overcrowding at A&Es."
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30/01/2019
Press Release
RCN publishes framework for safeguarding children and young people
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN), alongside over 20 health organisations including the Royal College of General Practitioners, Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Institute of Health Visiting, has today published new safeguarding guidance for healthcare staff responsible for the care and protection of children and young people.
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29/01/2019
Press Response
Don't scrap four hour target, commit to patient safety says RCN
Don't scrap four hour target, commit to patient safety says RCN
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23/01/2019
Press Response
RCN responds to NICE consultation on digital cognitive behaviour therapy
RCN responds to NICE consultation on digital cognitive behaviour therapy
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21/01/2019
Press Response
RCN responds to Government decision to drop £65 fee for EU nationals
"The government’s decision to waive the settled status fee is welcome news, not only for EU nurses who can do without the expense but also the financially challenged NHS Trusts who saw paying the fee as the best way to keep hold of their EU staff."
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