Press Releases
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09/05/2023
Press Release
Royal College of Nursing announces new strike ballot dates in England
The Royal College of Nursing is today announcing dates of a new England-wide strike action ballot which will ask members employed by the NHS in England if they’re prepared to take further strike action in response to the UK government’s pay offer for 2022/23 and 2023/24.
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02/05/2023
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Letter from RCN to Steve Barclay following NHS Staff Council meeting
At today’s formal meeting of the NHS Staff Council, the representative of the Royal College of Nursing used our votes to reject the government’s pay offer of 16 March 2023
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01/05/2023
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Statement from RCN General Secretary speaking in the final hours of the current strike
RCN General Secretary Pat Cullen, speaking in the final hours of the current strike and ahead of the NHS Staff Council meeting on Tuesday, said: “Deep concerns over patient safety should be aired every day, not only on the day of a strike. Today was a reminder that our action is always safe and has a belief in safe patient care at its core. Nursing staff are fighting for a stronger NHS that has enough nurses – a health service able to fill the tens of thousands of vacant jobs."
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30/04/2023
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Royal College of Nursing General Secretary comments ahead of nursing strikes
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “The government wants to bring NHS strike action to a close this coming week but with several big unions - and nursing as the largest part of the NHS workforce - still in dispute, it has to do better."
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27/04/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to High Court decision on strike action
Responding to the High Court decision on strike action, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “The full weight of government gave ministers this victory over nursing staff. It is the darkest day of this dispute so far - the government taking its own nurses through the courts in bitterness at their simple expectation of a better pay deal."
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24/04/2023
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Government confirms High Court application against the Royal College of Nursing strike next week
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “It’s so wrong for the government to use taxpayers' money to drag our profession through the courts. We’re determined to show that the nursing profession is strong and determined and defend our members' right to strike.”
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21/04/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to government 'letter before action' and threat of interim court order to stop entire 48-hour nurse strike
Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, responding to government ‘letter before action’ and threat of interim court order to stop entire 48-hour nurse strike, said: “This is nakedly political. Nurses will not be gagged in this way by a bullying government.
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21/04/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to NHS Employers statement on a legal challenge to the next nursing strike
Responding to the statement from NHS Employers on government to decide on a legal challenge to the next nursing strike, Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: “The decision of the NHS not to take this further is the right one but ministers need to decide whether to silence nurses."
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14/04/2023
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RCN announces further strike action as members in England vote to reject NHS pay offer
More than six in ten of eligible members took part in the ballot, with 54% voting to reject the latest Government pay offer. RCN General Secretary Pat Cullen has written to the Health Secretary to notify of imminent strike action, new ballot and to seek talks.
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04/04/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Hewitt Review
Responding to the Right Hon Patricia Hewitt’s review of oversight and governance of integrated care systems (ICSs), RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “Almost every day a new report highlights the crisis in our NHS with patients suffering and staff struggling. We welcome many of the measures set out in this report as starting points to reverse the dramatic deterioration that health services – and those working on the frontline – are facing."
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