Press Releases
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20/10/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Prime Minister's resignation
Responding to the Prime Minister's resignation, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “This government collapsed because it pursued a narrow agenda for the rich — giving most to those who have the most."
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17/10/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s economic plans announcement
Responding to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s update on the Government’s economic plans, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen, said: “The Chancellor’s announcement today will have done nothing to reassure nursing that it will get the investment it so desperately needs"
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16/10/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s efficiency savings comments
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen said: “Mr Hunt must put patients first. The nursing workforce crisis is undermining safe patient care and with many choosing to leave the profession for better-paid jobs elsewhere, the need to pay a demoralised and unvalued profession fairly could not be more pressing.”
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14/10/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Jeremy Hunt being appointed as Chancellor
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “The new Chancellor has recently and repeatedly declared how the severe nursing workforce crisis is putting patients at risk."
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13/10/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the latest NHS performance data
RCN England director Patricia Marquis, said: “These record waiting lists speak volumes about the state of our health and care services, in part a consequence of not having enough nursing staff."
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11/10/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to media comments by the Health Secretary on not making changes to NHS pay
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen said: “Nurses and support workers hearing this will be angry but it will make them even more determined. Members should find their ballot papers today and show the Health Secretary we have a strong voice that she cannot dismiss."
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06/10/2022
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Nurses' pay has fallen twice as much as private sector pay, union reveals as first UK-wide strike ballot of NHS nursing staff opens
RCN General Secretary & Chief Executive Pat Cullen, said: “Governments have repeatedly neglected the NHS and the value of nursing. We can change this if together we say ‘enough is enough'"
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04/10/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Nursing and Midwifery Council's report on international nurses and midwives' recruitment
RCN General Secretary & Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “The over reliance on international nurse recruitment proves ministers have no grip on the nursing workforce crisis. The huge increase in overseas nurses joining the NMC register shows a focus on short-term fixes rather than long-term solutions."
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04/10/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Health Secretary's Conservative Party Conference speech
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen, said: “The Health Secretary pledged to ‘deliver’ for the NHS but she’ll struggle to deliver anything unless she urgently addresses the staffing crisis."
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30/09/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to NHS Providers survey on staff leaving the NHS
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “When half of the NHS needs to open food banks for its own staff, ministers’ heads should be hanging in shame. This long list from the heart of the NHS shows what’s really happening to our nation’s greatest asset and the hard working staff inside it."
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