Press Releases
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24/11/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the latest NHS England urgent and emergency care daily situation reports
Responding to the latest NHS England urgent and emergency care daily situation reports, RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “These figures highlight the severe strain the health secretary himself recently admitted that the healthcare system is under. It doesn’t bode well when adult bed occupancy in hospitals is already at 95%, well above the recommended safe level."
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23/11/2022
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Nursing confirmed as ‘most trusted profession’ as strike risk grows
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “This huge vote of confidence from the public will boost the morale of nursing staff as we head for strikes in December. The profession at the bottom of the list should be careful how it speaks to and about the one at the top."
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20/11/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to health secretary’s comments on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Responding to health secretary Steve Barclay’s comments on BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen said: “The health secretary’s lack of intention and inability to see the urgency of this situation will trouble every nurse.”
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17/11/2022
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Five days for Government to open formal negotiations before strike dates confirmed, RCN says after Autumn Statement
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen said: "It is now more than a week since we announced our ballot outcome and your department has dedicated more time to publicly criticising our members’ expectations than finding common ground and a satisfactory conclusion."
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16/11/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the health and social care secretary setting out key priorities ahead of this winter
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “The storm engulfing the NHS is one of staffing shortages. Soaring numbers of people quitting and unfilled jobs is because staff are neither valued nor treated fairly."
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16/11/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Health Secretary’s remit letter to the Pay Review Body
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: "This letter suggests the government is in denial. Ministers are in a rush to talk about next year when hundreds of thousands are saying they need action immediately and are struggling to live on the current pay award."
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15/11/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Prime Minister's comments about pay for nursing staff
Responding to the Prime Minister's comments that "we have enormous gratitude for our nurses" but that the RCN's pay claim is "unaffordable", RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “Gratitude is not enough – it doesn’t pay the bills and it doesn’t stop nursing staff leaving the profession because they can no longer afford to be a nurse."
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15/11/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to NHS Providers’ report on waiting lists and winter pressures
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “NHS leaders are having to cry out for help on the eve of the government’s spending announcements. Their fears are the same as ours - patients are being put at risk by the lack of investment from government."
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15/11/2022
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Royal College of Nursing meets with health secretary Steve Barclay
Following a meeting with health secretary Steve Barclay, RCN director of employment relations and legal services, Jo Galbraith-Marten, said: “We will only make progress through detailed discussions that seriously consider the concerns of nursing staff."
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10/11/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to latest NHS England performance data
RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “These record waiting lists and delays for treatment in A&E are exactly why nursing has taken the historic decision to strike. These pressures cannot continue. Staff are doing everything they can to treat patients, but there are simply not enough nurses."
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