Press Releases
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27/02/2025
Press Release
'Devastating' winter pressures show no sign of declining, says Royal College of Nursing
RCN Executive Director for England Patricia Marquis, said: “Even as temperatures rise, the devastating pressures on nursing staff show little sign of declining. Viruses are ripping through already packed hospitals, leaving overstretched staff without enough beds to place patients."
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26/02/2025
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Corridor care a year-round tragedy and a symptom of NHS in crisis, RCN responds to Royal College of Physicians survey
RCN Executive Director for England, Patricia Marquis said: “This powerful survey adds to the experience of nursing staff working on the front line. They know only too well the devastating impact of treating patients in corridors, it is undignified, unsafe, and unacceptable."
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25/02/2025
Press Release
Royal College of Nursing responds to resignation of NHS England Chief Executive Amanda Pritchard
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “I wish to offer my thanks to Amanda Pritchard for her dedication and hard-work in leading the NHS through an exceptionally challenging post-pandemic period."
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25/02/2025
Press Release
Cutting overseas aid budget makes us more vulnerable to future global health threats, says Royal College of Nursing
RCN Associate Director: International Nursing, Marcus Wootton, said: “Cutting overseas aid will further damage global health projects and make us more vulnerable to the global health threats of the future. Stronger health systems, with nurses at their centre, reduce instability, and support more stable societies."
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21/02/2025
Press Response
RCN Wales responds to Welsh government final budget for 2025/26
Welsh government announces additional £30 million for social care to target delayed hospital discharges and community care
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20/02/2025
Press Release
Relentless winter pressures expose workforce shortages and lack of beds, says Royal College of Nursing
RCN Executive Director for England Patricia Marquis said: “This record-breaking winter has pushed nursing staff to the edge. Surging viruses have exposed workforce shortages and a lack of beds, whilst an underfunded social care sector is prevented from working with hospitals to discharge patients well enough to leave."
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20/02/2025
Press Release
Unhappy young nursing staff 'ticking time bomb' for NHS, says Royal College of Nursing
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “These findings are a ticking time bomb for the NHS. Young nursing staff are the future of the workforce, but those at the start of their careers are the most unhappy."
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13/02/2025
Press Release
Nursing staff tell secretary of state how to deliver NHS reforms
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger said: “The health secretary heard directly from nursing staff about how best to transform our NHS. We are the largest workforce inside the health service, delivering the vast majority of care, and our clinical skills and knowledge are priceless. For the government’s plan to succeed, our profession must be valued as thinkers as well as do-ers."
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13/02/2025
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Nursing staff face ‘impossible task’ as record numbers wait more than 12 hours for a bed, says Royal College of Nursing
RCN Executive Director for England Patricia Marquis said: "Hospitals are jam-packed and patients are lining corridors routinely. A fall in waiting lists is welcome but will be of little comfort to the nursing staff trying to keep patients safe under some of the most extreme pressures in NHS history."
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13/02/2025
Press Release
UCAS figures ‘hammer blow’ to government’s NHS reforms as applications to study nursing hit new low, says RCN
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “These figures are devastating for the nursing profession and a hammer blow for the government’s planned NHS reforms. Health services are battling with thousands of unfilled nurse jobs, and the horizon looks bleak - the numbers choosing nursing in England have plunged to a record low."
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