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Royal College of Nursing responds to announcement of public independent COVID-19 inquiry
RCN Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: "The PM has assured the nation today that the long-awaited Covid-19 public inquiry will have a statutory footing, which is what nursing staff expect if lessons are to be truly learned."
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Royal College of Nursing comments on the UK passing 100,000 deaths from COVID-19
Dame Donna Kinnair, RCN Chief Executive and General Secretary, said: “All those who died in hospital and care homes would have got expert care from nursing staff in their final days and hours."
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Boris Johnson must stand by nurses who stood by him, says RCN leader
The prime minister must remember the work of nursing staff he praised after his own hospital stay and reconsider his one per cent NHS pay award , the leader of the Royal College of Nursing says in a speech to activists today.
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Royal College of Nursing responds to new study that explores views of healthcare staff on the COVID-19 vaccine
Helen Donovan, RCN Professional Lead for Public Health, said: "We are proud to have worked on this important study to better understand the attitudes, experiences and concerns of health and social care workers to the COVID-19 vaccine."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Budget statement 2021
RCN Chief Executive and General Secretary, Dame Donna Kinnair, said: "That there was no substantive mention of health and care services is incredulous in the middle of a pandemic."
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Royal College of Nursing to set up Industrial Action Fund
In setting up this fund, the RCN will create the UK’s largest union strike fund overnight. The next steps will be decided in conjunction with our members.
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UK government’s COVID-19 infection control guidelines ‘fundamentally flawed’ and need replacing, says independent report
RCN Chief Executive and General Secretary, Dame Donna Kinnair, said: "Staff are scared for themselves and their families and left any longer it’ll turn to anger."
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RCN responds to Public Accounts Committee report on Government procurement and supply of PPE
RCN Chief Executive and General Secretary, Dame Donna Kinnair, said: “The government must now ensure all nursing staff, wherever they work, have the highest level of protection so they never again are forced to work while putting themselves at risk.”
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National Curriculum and Competency Framework Emergency Nursing (Level 2)
This framework (Part 1 005 883 and Part 2 005 923) developed by leading emergency nursing experts, is founded on nursing philosophy and details the depth and breadth of knowledge and skills required of emergency nurses. It provides a clear career structure for those wishing to advance in the specialism.
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Low-level NHS pay rise will not stave off post-Covid exodus, warns nursing leader ahead of Budget
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Dame Donna Kinnair, said: “The eyes of the NHS are on the government. It must show it is prepared to rise to this challenge. The country is already tens of thousands of nurses short and it is patients who pay a price for that.”