Press Releases
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12/10/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to latest NHS England waiting list data
RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “We have heard the opening salvo of the general election in the last ten days and the future of the NHS appears central to all campaigns. All parties must show they have the answers and the funding that meets the challenge shown in these figures."
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12/10/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Skills for Care report
Royal College of Nursing Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “A new workforce plan to recruit and retain staff needs heavy central government investment. Social care is buckling under the pressure of too many people needing support, longstanding underfunding, and consequently not enough nursing staff."
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11/10/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Shadow Health Secretary, Wes Streeting’s, Labour Party Conference speech
Royal College of Nursing Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “If our NHS is to be the envy of the world again, with quality social care to match – they each need both investment and reform."
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10/10/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Leader of the Opposition Keir Starmer's Labour Party Conference speech
Royal College of Nursing Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Ending low pay, insecurity and reforming the NHS is what our members cried out for this year and won the support of the public across the country. There is a political dividend for a party that gets this right."
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10/10/2023
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Only one in 10 nursing staff think governments have achieved equality between mental and physical health care
RCN Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Despite many years of promises and commitments for equal treatment of physical and mental health care, nursing staff are seeing things heading in the wrong direction."
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08/10/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Labour's plan to cut NHS waiting lists by increasing out-of-hours work
Responding to Labour’s plan to cut NHS waiting lists by increasing out-of-hours work, Royal College of Nursing Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Too often the NHS runs on the goodwill of its staff. Nursing staff work so much overtime that is never paid - staying behind an hour or two after 12-hour shifts to keep patients safe - so a change in this culture is needed. As part of their shift patterns, weekend work is routine for many."
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06/10/2023
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Rise in cost of health and care visa ‘divisive and short-sighted’, says RCN
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen says: “These fee increases will make the UK a less attractive place to live and work for the nurses and other health professionals who make vital contributions to our health and care sector every day."
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04/10/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Prime Minister's speech
Responding to the Prime Minister's speech at the Conservative Party Conference, Royal College of Nursing Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “The Prime Minister’s plans for the NHS are at risk of being derailed by the nurse shortage he is still not addressing. After giving nurses the worst pay deal in the public sector, they will also be questioning tonight why they are being left out of the bonus scheme now being offered to others too. Nurses need to become a priority for government investment if the Prime Minister hopes to turnaround the record number of unfilled nurse jobs."
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03/10/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Health and Social Care Secretary's speech
Responding to the Health and Social Care Secretary's speech at the Conservative Party Conference, Royal College of Nursing Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “The Health Secretary should not play politics and court controversy at the expense of people’s health and good care, including plans that can actively deter trans individuals from accessing services."
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28/09/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Nuffield Trust analysis
Royal College of Nursing Deputy Director for Nursing, Dr Nichola Ashby, said: “The Royal College of Nursing has long advocated for a loan forgiveness scheme for nursing staff to boost recruitment and retention to the public sector nursing workforce. Many people choose to become a nurse so that they can help care for some of the sickest and most vulnerable people in our society – and it is wrong that they should be saddled with, on average, almost £50,000 of debt."
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