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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Prime Minister's comments on strike action and waiting lists
Responding to the Prime Minister’s comments on strike action causing waiting lists to increase, RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis said: “This comment adds insult to injury. Blaming nurses for the state of the NHS is a low blow. Nursing staff voted to strike last year out of concern at deteriorating care standards and spiralling waiting times."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Labour's plan to cut NHS waiting lists by increasing out-of-hours work
Responding to Labour’s plan to cut NHS waiting lists by increasing out-of-hours work, Royal College of Nursing Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Too often the NHS runs on the goodwill of its staff. Nursing staff work so much overtime that is never paid - staying behind an hour or two after 12-hour shifts to keep patients safe - so a change in this culture is needed. As part of their shift patterns, weekend work is routine for many."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Health Secretary's letter on EDI roles
Royal College of Nursing Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “The Health Secretary is playing politics and trying to create a false division - frontline staff know the importance of diversity in leadership, even if this government is shunning it in a culture war."
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Only one in 10 nursing staff think governments have achieved equality between mental and physical health care
RCN Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Despite many years of promises and commitments for equal treatment of physical and mental health care, nursing staff are seeing things heading in the wrong direction."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Skills for Care report
Royal College of Nursing Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “A new workforce plan to recruit and retain staff needs heavy central government investment. Social care is buckling under the pressure of too many people needing support, longstanding underfunding, and consequently not enough nursing staff."
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Royal College of Nursing calls government’s approach to public sector pay ‘cavalier and reckless’ in letter to Health Secretary
The Royal College of Nursing has today written to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care raising concerns about the government’s ‘divisive approach to public sector pay’ and calling it both ‘cavalier and reckless at a time of the greatest industrial unrest the NHS has ever seen.’
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Government must ensure thousands of general practice nursing staff are given the pay rise they were promised
Royal College of Nursing Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “The RCN is unequivocal that all nursing staff working in general practice should receive the same 6% increase in pay as salaried GPs – as the government announced in July. Since that time, it has become clear that this promised increase is at risk for many working in practices that will not receive the full funding."
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Rise in cost of health and care visa ‘divisive and short-sighted’, says RCN
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen says: “These fee increases will make the UK a less attractive place to live and work for the nurses and other health professionals who make vital contributions to our health and care sector every day."
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Reviewing members’ conduct and disciplinary policy consultation
The RCN is consulting members on a new Regulation, Code of Conduct and Member Resolution Policy to replace the existing Member Disciplinary Policy.
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RCN Review of Membership Categories
The RCN wants to find out your views as part of a review of our membership categories and subscription plans.
