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RCN's message to new health secretary: invest in NHS before it’s too late
We’ve written to Victoria Atkins outlining the unprecedented NHS crisis that she’s inherited and encouraging her to meet with us to find solutions.
Updated: 27 April 2024 -
Israel and Gaza conflict: RCN calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire
We’re standing with other global health organisations to condemn every attack on health care workers, their patients and all civilians.
Updated: 14 April 2024 -
Autumn statement: NHS needs urgent cash injection but was ‘entirely forgotten’
RCN says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt squandered the opportunity to change course ahead of the next election and support the NHS through an immensely tough winter.
Updated: 21 April 2024 -
RCN fights for members’ freedom to strike
We’ve responded to a UK government consultation on how to maintain minimum service levels in hospitals during strike action, saying ministers misled nursing staff on how they would be applied.
Updated: 22 April 2024 -
'Dangerously inadequate staffing levels': NHS waiting list growing 4 times faster than nurse workforce
RCN analysis exposes failure of UK government’s promise to recruit 50,000 nurses to tackle the crisis facing the NHS.
Updated: 14 April 2024 -
RCN instrumental in new warning system for spotting deterioration in children and young people
The patient safety tool was developed by NHS England, in partnership with the RCN, after calls for a standardised system to detect signs of clinical deterioration such as sepsis.
Updated: 2 April 2024 -
£3.2bn agency spend could have paid salaries of 31,000 nurses
New RCN analysis reveals cost of short-term approach to filling staffing gaps.
Updated: 6 December 2023 -
Members raise their voices over workforce concerns to Lib Dem deputy leader
Recruitment, retention, and improved NHS spending were talking points also expressed to Daisy Cooper MP.
Updated: 29 June 2023 -
‘You can’t recruit your way out of a retention crisis’
RCN responds to release of NHS workforce plan for England, calling for investment in experienced nursing staff and better financial support for nursing students.
Updated: 30 June 2023 -
Trailblazing nurse hysteroscopist is RCN Northern Ireland Nurse of the Year 2023
Vicky Burns has been recognised for her ground-breaking work treating women with gynaecological conditions.
Updated: 14 November 2023
