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Royal College of Nursing responds to new IFS research on the NHS Workforce plan
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: "These independent experts are laying down the challenge to the government and all parties over the significant boost needed - there are some difficult decisions and the service can ill-afford cans to be kicked further down the road."
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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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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Leader of the Opposition Keir Starmer's Labour Party Conference speech
Royal College of Nursing Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Ending low pay, insecurity and reforming the NHS is what our members cried out for this year and won the support of the public across the country. There is a political dividend for a party that gets this right."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Prime Minister's speech
Responding to the Prime Minister's speech at the Conservative Party Conference, Royal College of Nursing Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “The Prime Minister’s plans for the NHS are at risk of being derailed by the nurse shortage he is still not addressing. After giving nurses the worst pay deal in the public sector, they will also be questioning tonight why they are being left out of the bonus scheme now being offered to others too. Nurses need to become a priority for government investment if the Prime Minister hopes to turnaround the record number of unfilled nurse jobs."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Shadow Health Secretary, Wes Streeting’s, Labour Party Conference speech
Royal College of Nursing Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “If our NHS is to be the envy of the world again, with quality social care to match – they each need both investment and reform."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Public Accounts Committee report urgent and emergency care
Royal College of Nursing Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “Another day, and yet another report into failing NHS services that cannot keep patients safe. Nursing staff have been sounding the siren on staff shortages for years, but the government remains more focused on soundbites than solutions."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to latest NHS England waiting list data
RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “We have heard the opening salvo of the general election in the last ten days and the future of the NHS appears central to all campaigns. All parties must show they have the answers and the funding that meets the challenge shown in these figures."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to CQC's State of Care report
Royal College of Nursing Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “From the cradle to the grave, this report reveals the shocking state of care. Across maternity, social care, mental health and acute settings, the whole system is in turmoil. Health and care services can no longer be there for us when we need them. This is the damning consequence of ignoring nursing staff and not listening to their warnings about services they work in every day."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Health Foundation's analysis of the NHS elective waiting list
Royal College of Nursing Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “Ministers will try to use strikes as an excuse for their failure to cut waiting times, but the very reason nursing staff took action is because of the rapid deterioration we witnessed in recent years."
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Nursing numbers plummet and waiting lists soar while government delays workforce plan, says RCN
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “These figures paint a disturbing picture for patients in hospitals and nursing homes, in the community and in their own homes. The crisis in the nursing workforce is leaving patient care at risk and the immense pressure could risk the collapse of health and care services."
