Press Releases
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16/04/2019
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Royal College of Nursing responds to report into safe levels of nursing staff
It will trouble patients and the public today to hear the experts warn again of the deadly risks being run and that some parts of the NHS have 1 in 5 posts vacant according to this report, says Patricia Marquis Director for England at the Royal College of Nursing
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11/04/2019
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Royal College of Nursing new exhibition on care for older people shows age really is just a number
A new exhibition at the Royal College of Nursing shows how the way we care for older people has changed over the last 200 years, shifting from workhouses, institutions and care homes and into the 21st century
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03/04/2019
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Royal College of Nursing responds to PAC report on NHS financial sustainability
Without a significant investment into nursing, and at least £1bn per year into higher education for nurses the NHS will struggle to attract and retain the next generation of nurses says Dame Donna Kinnair
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28/03/2019
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Royal College of Nursing responds to BMA report on public health spending
All nurses, not just those who work in public health, know it is a false economy to cut funding programmes that prevent ill-health, such as smoking cessation and sexual health clinics says Patricia Marquis Director for England at the Royal College of Nursing.
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27/03/2019
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Labour Party analysis of numbers leaving nursing
Health and care services are losing thousands of experienced, dedicated nursing staff who feel as if no one is sufficiently listening to their concerns, said Dame Donna Kinnair
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26/03/2019
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Royal College of Nursing responds to NIHR review into safe staffing in hospitals
Dame Donna Kinnair, Acting Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, said: “The NIHR’s review adds to the important body of existing evidence that too few registered nurses on wards can lead to patient harm, and even death."
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22/03/2019
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Royal College of Nursing backs new scheme to dispel insurance worries for GP nursing staff
Royal College of Nursing backs new scheme to dispel insurance worries for GP nursing staff
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21/03/2019
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Royal College of Nursing comments on 'Closing the Gap' report on NHS-workforce
Dame Donna Kinnair, Acting Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, said: “The staggering numbers in this report should cause alarm in Whitehall and focus the minds of Ministers on the cash they must put on the table to close the gaps."
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11/03/2019
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Royal College of Nursing responds to NHS England clinical standards pilot
Dame Donna Kinnair, Acting Chief Executive of the Royal College of Nursing, said: “These proposals for pilots have been drawn up in consultation with clinicians, and we back the approach of treating the sickest patients fastest."
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07/03/2019
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Home Office extending salary exemption for international nurses
RCN Acting Chief Executive and General Secretary Dame Donna Kinnair said: “On the same day we learn that the number of unfilled nurse jobs has risen year on year, the importance of this decision cannot be underestimated."
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