Press Releases
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03/06/2024
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Negotiate on NHS pay through summer, nursing leader asks next PM
The only way to avoid a six-month delay to this year’s NHS nurse pay uplift is to hold negotiations in the weeks after the election, the RCN leader has said at the union’s annual conference. Professor Nicola Ranger, Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive, made the call in her keynote speech at the RCN Congress in Newport, Wales, as she launched the College’s General Election manifesto.
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03/06/2024
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Nursing union declares ‘national emergency’ over corridor care crisis
Patients are being left without access to oxygen, enduring intimate examinations, and even dying in hospital corridors, it is revealed today, as the nursing union declares a “national emergency” over care delivered in inappropriate crowded areas.
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03/06/2024
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Royal College of Nursing declares ‘national emergency’ over corridor care crisis
On the first day of RCN Congress, the union will declare a national emergency as it releases a new report on the topic of clinical care being delivered in inappropriate crowded areas and calls for corridor care to be eradicated from health and care settings.
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02/06/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to pledges from the Conservative Party to boost NHS services in the community
Executive Director of RCN England, Patricia Marquis, said: “The desperate need to invest more in primary and community health services has been apparent for years and this announcement doesn’t go nearly far enough."
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31/05/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to NHS Confederation survey finding that health leaders plan staff cuts amid ‘substantial’ saving targets
Executive Director of RCN England, Patricia Marquis, said: "The millions that are stuck on waiting lists are proof that balancing the books on the backs of patients is a road to nowhere. Cuts to services harm patient outcomes and cost the NHS more in the long run."
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29/05/2024
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Professor Pat Cullen steps down from RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive role
Professor Pat Cullen, said: “This was the hardest decision to make, and we have achieved so much in three very different and difficult years. I hope my legacy here will be to have helped the nursing profession use its voice and campaign for change, for ourselves and patients. I owe RCN members a debt of gratitude.”
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29/05/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Labour Party plans to clear the NHS backlog
Executive Director of RCN England, Patricia Marquis, said: “For Labour's promised historic expansion of the NHS workforce, we need more detail. With thousands of staff leaving the health service each year and nursing applications plummeting, only action to raise pay and abolish tuition fees will revitalise the profession and help reduce waiting lists.”
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23/05/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to call to redesign paediatric wards to help youngsters with mental health problems
RCN UK Head of Nursing Practice, Stephen Jones, said: "This report highlights the distressing daily reality of an NHS in crisis."
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22/05/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to 76% fall in visa applications from overseas health and care workers
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: “Blocking care workers and their families from coming to the UK is detrimental to the care of those in need and cruel to the people who can provide it."
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22/05/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to calling of general election
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: “An early plea from nursing staff: don’t make the NHS a political football but don’t think you can get by on just platitudes either. Nursing staff are looking for firm commitments from all candidates and all parties – things have got to change."
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