Press Releases
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21/05/2024
Press Release
RCN Wales responds to HEIW decision to scale back nurse training targets in Wales
RCN Wales Associate Director, Sandy Harding, responds to the Health Education Improvement Wales commissioning and training recommendations for the education of the health professionals workforce.
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16/05/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Labour Party's six pledges for the general election
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive said: “Central to this NHS pledge has to be a commitment to more nurses and better conditions for them. A deliverable plan on waiting lists and round-the-clock services relies on enough staff, who feel valued and able to give high-quality care."
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16/05/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Office for Students analysis on increased pressure on higher education sector finances
RCN Deputy Director of Nursing, Dr Nichola Ashby, said: “Universities train the next generation of nurses, but more and more are in crisis. The number of people applying to study nursing is already collapsing, and now this precarious financial position could see vital nursing courses close. This ultimately means fewer nurses – and more patients struggling to get the care they deserve."
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16/05/2024
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A lost decade: nursing staff demoralised by poor care and low pay
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: “Over the last ten years, nursing staff have become increasingly demoralised by the level of care they are able to provide. The stress and anxiety from trying to meet the needs of patients is forcing them to work whilst sick and now many want to quit entirely. It is a terrible state of affairs."
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16/05/2024
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RCN highlights urgent need for workforce support following employment survey
The Royal College of Nursing in Wales today released alarming figures from its 2023 Employment Survey, shedding light on the critical state of the nursing workforce in Wales.
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15/05/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to DHSC announcement on new pilot scheme to expand patient choice
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: “Patients deserve choice, but wherever they go they will find vacant nursing posts and overstretched services - with nursing staff under relentless pressure and chronic shortages across every setting."
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15/05/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to NHS Providers warning that scarce NHS funds are being diverted due to delays to the UK Government's 40 new hospitals programme
Executive Director of RCN England, Patricia Marquis, said: “Spending on the health service has already risen more slowly than promised and many parts of the NHS are struggling. Political parties must realise that investment in both nursing staff and the NHS are the electorate’s top priority.”
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14/05/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the latest Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) report on NHS spending during the last Parliament
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: “When investment in the NHS fails to meet demand, it is patients who suffer greatly – even paying the highest price – and, as nursing staff, we are left to try to pick up the pieces."
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09/05/2024
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Patients suffering as prime minister fails to tackle waiting list crisis, RCN warns, as new analysis reveals decade of misery
The prime minister has been warned that patients are being failed by his inability to tackle the waiting list crisis, as new RCN analysis of NHS England data reveals a decade of growing misery and decline for patients.
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30/04/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to proposed update to NHS Constitution for England
Professor Nicola Ranger, RCN Chief Nursing Officer and Deputy Chief Executive said: “Patients are already able to request intimate care from a staff member of the same sex, but in an NHS missing tens of thousands of nursing staff it is nigh-on impossible to accommodate with any consistency. It’s also important to recognise that nursing staff treat all patients with the utmost respect and professionalism, no matter their gender."
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