Press Releases
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19/06/2024
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Productivity cannot be boosted without investment in staff – Royal College of Nursing responds to NHS Providers’ ‘Achieving value for money’ report
RCN Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “This report highlights just how hard NHS staff are working to deliver for patients, but also the terrible levels of burnout they face. It is right to celebrate the innovation taking place in our health service, but we cannot lose sight of staff shortages, which are the fundamental problem holding service productivity back."
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17/06/2024
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RCN responds to a Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on the impact of hardship on primary and community healthcare
Patricia Marquis, Executive Director of RCN England, said: “Every day, nursing staff see the connection between hardship and health. Social deprivation has a devastating impact on people’s physical and mental health and is well understood to be behind rates of increased mortality amongst children. As poverty worsens, so too do pressures on an already under-resourced health and care system.
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14/06/2024
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Royal College of Nursing comments on the King’s Birthday Honours
RCN President Sheilabye Sobrany said: “It takes a remarkable person to work in nursing and all of those honoured today should be proud of their achievement and the way they represent the very best of nursing."
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13/06/2024
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‘No place to hide for new government' – Royal College of Nursing responds to rise in NHS England waiting list figures
Patricia Marquis, Executive Director of RCN England, said: “Waiting lists are up and there will be no place to hide for the next government when it comes to bringing them down. Excuses, vague promises and unambitious levels of investment will not get patients the care they need."
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13/06/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Labour Party’s 2024 General Election manifesto
Acting RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “The millions on waiting lists must be a priority for the next government and an expansion of appointments is desperately needed. Nurses provide the majority of patient care and turning the service around urgently requires more of them."
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12/06/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to launch of the Green Party manifesto
RCN Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Pledges to boost the pay of NHS workers are positive, but the money in these plans doesn’t appear sufficient to deliver the substantial above inflation pay rise nursing staff need. There is also no specific promise to restore nursing pay like there is for junior doctors."
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11/06/2024
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‘Recommitting to old targets not enough’ – RCN responds to Conservative Party manifesto
RCN Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Nursing staff want firm commitments to turn around the crisis in health and care but this manifesto stops short of providing them. Recruiting and retaining more nurses is urgent, but recommitting to old targets in rhetoric is not enough."
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10/06/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Liberal Democrat's 2024 General Election manifesto
RCN Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: "Improving access to outside hospital services is the right commitment, but the sums offered fall far short. Any meaningful expansion will require more than the £8bn extra promised each year. Overstretched nursing staff need reassuring that they are not being asked to do even more with less."
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09/06/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Liberal Democrats plan on ambulance handovers and corridor care
RCN Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: "Corridor care is a national emergency and ending it needs to be a priority for politicians in this election."
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07/06/2024
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RCN Wales incensed with the Welsh government over its pay settlement with the BMA days after First Minister opens RCN conference
RCN’s annual Congress spotlighted the harrowing headlines in nursing across the UK, including unsafe staffing levels, normalised care in inappropriate settings and the alarming rise in nurses considering taking their own lives.
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