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Patient safety in danger unless nurse numbers increase, RCN warns
“Today we’re issuing a stark warning that patient safety is being endangered by nursing shortages. Staffing shortfalls are never simply numbers on a spreadsheet - they affect real patients in real communities",says Dame Donna Kinnair
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Government plans to improve vaccine uptake
RCN Professional Lead for Public Health Helen Donovan said: “These suggestions will go some way towards improving the uptake of vaccines."
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Chancellor must use spending round to fund our future nurses
“If action is not taken now to boost the number of people starting, and crucially completing, nursing degrees we will continue seeing patient care being put at risk", says Patricia Marquis, RCN Director for England
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Acceptances onto nursing degree courses will fail to close the gap on vacancies
“If we are to boost the numbers needed to give patients the care they deserve we need to see decisive action through proper and sustained investment in our nurses of the future", says Dame Donna Kinnair
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RCN comments on funding announcement for NHS in England
"When one in nine nurse jobs in England is unfilled, we expect the Prime Minister to make investment in the supply of nurses a priority", says Dame Donna Kinnair
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Royal College of Nursing responds to latest NHS performance statistics
“While economists argue over how much of the NHS funding announced by PM this week is new money, today’s figures show the reality patients and staff are facing every day in our hospitals", says Dame Donna Kinnair
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Conservatives' NHS visa announcement
“There are tens of thousands of unfilled nursing jobs and we need more ambitious plans than this to address it", says Dame Donna Kinnair
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Royal College of Nursing comments on British Social Attitudes Survey of public attitudes to emergency care
“Staffing levels aren’t improving and yet demand is continuing to rise", says Patricia Marquis, Royal College of Nursing Director for England
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Royal College of Nursing responds to hospital food review
“Nursing staff won’t see improvements in hospital catering if they can’t even take time to eat a proper meal on shift without putting patients in harm’s way", says Patricia Marquis, RCN Director for England
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Candidates for RCN Council announced
“They will be crucial to helping the RCN grow and develop, and will be central to strengthening our position as the true voice of nursing", says Sue Warner, outgoing Chair of RCN Council