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Royal College of Nursing responds to announcement that asymptomatic testing will be paused in additional settings
Responding to an announcement by the Department of Health and Social Care that asymptomatic testing for COVID will be paused, RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: "Nursing staff are only too aware of the terrible toll the failure to test can have on some of their most vulnerable patients in hospitals and across social care. Cases of COVID-19 may well be falling but this virus has still not gone away, and it is vital that there is continued vigilance to ensure patients and nursing staff are not put at risk."
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NHS nurse vacancies jump by 21% in a year to record level, official data shows
Responding to NHS data showing nurse vacancies have jumped to a record level, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: "Two weeks before we open our strike ballot, these stark figures reveal what is happening in England's NHS - record numbers of unfilled nurse jobs and rising fast too. Tens of thousands of experienced nurses left last year at the very moment we cannot afford to lose a single professional, and patients pay a heavy price."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to TUC study showing child poverty increasing in key-worker households
Responding to a TUC study showing child poverty is increasing in key-worker households, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “The reason that some children of nursing staff are living in poverty is because their parents aren’t paid enough.
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Royal College of Nursing responds to announcement of new surgical hubs to cut waiting lists
Responding to an announcement by the Department of Health and Social Care of new surgical hubs to cut waiting lists, RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “More beds and clinics will only help patients if there are enough nursing staff to care for the people in those beds. Only yesterday figures revealed the impact of the pressures on the nursing workforce show little sign of declining.
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Caring for Children and Young People
This updated publication is for nurses working in the independent sector and identifies key points for organising children and young people’s health care services in independent settings, which include hospitals and clinics.
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Royal College of Nursing responds to BMJ calculations of £2 million more per month extra energy spend for hospitals
Responding to BMJ calculations that hospitals may be forced to pay out £2 million extra a month due to the fuel price surge, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “If the new prime minister expects the NHS to pick between staff and heating bills this year, they will face a severe public backlash."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee report on long-term funding of adult social care
Responding to the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee report on long-term funding of adult social care, RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “Fixing social care is key to tackling the NHS backlog. Without investment, hospital patients cannot be discharged into the community, beds are full, and A&Es are backed up with ambulances waiting outside."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Liz Truss' proposals on public sector pay
Responding to the proposals, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: "This is an attack on NHS values and a direct assault on its professionals."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Department of Health and Social Care's Code of Practice for International Recruitment
Responding to the publication of the Department of Health and Social Care’s Code of Practice for International Recruitment for England, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “Employers must respect and apply these new rules and the UK government must clarify how it will ensure they are enforced, especially in the independent sector where nurses and support workers frequently face harassment from rogue employers."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Nursing and Midwifery Council's (NMC) latest 'Ambitious for change' report
Responding to the NMC's latest report, RCN Diversity and Equalities Co-ordinator, Bruno Daniel, said, "It is time to see improvements. Nursing staff deserve to see change and for wider systemic discrimination in both nursing and midwifery to be a thing of the past."