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Royal College of Nursing responds to Health Secretary’s remit letter to the Pay Review Body
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: "This letter suggests the government is in denial. Ministers are in a rush to talk about next year when hundreds of thousands are saying they need action immediately and are struggling to live on the current pay award."
Updated: 16 April 2023 -
RCN confirms the locations of December strikes across the UK
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen said: “Ministers have declined my offer of formal pay negotiations and instead chosen strike action. It has left us with no choice but to announce where our members will be going on strike in December."
Updated: 29 April 2023 -
Royal College of Nursing meets with health secretary Steve Barclay
Following a meeting with health secretary Steve Barclay, RCN director of employment relations and legal services, Jo Galbraith-Marten, said: “We will only make progress through detailed discussions that seriously consider the concerns of nursing staff."
Updated: 15 April 2023 -
Bowel cancer awareness month
April is bowel cancer awareness month, Claire Coughlan reflects on specialist nursing in colorectal cancer.
Updated: 13 April 2023 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to Transport Secretary's comments that public sector pay rises in line with inflation are “unaffordable”
Responding to comments from Transport Secretary Mark Harper that public sector pay rises in line with inflation are “unaffordable”, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “While billions of pounds is being spent on temporary measures like agency staff to stick a plaster on the ...
Updated: 27 April 2023 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to UK Statistics Authority letter on nurse pay confirming that government had been "misleading" and "exaggerated"
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “This is a damning letter that warrants an official response from Steve Barclay without delay. Sir Robert Chote has used the strongest terms here to cut through the government’s spin. Ministers have been found out and need to come clean."
Updated: 29 April 2023 -
Five days for Government to open formal negotiations before strike dates confirmed, RCN says after Autumn Statement
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen said: "It is now more than a week since we announced our ballot outcome and your department has dedicated more time to publicly criticising our members’ expectations than finding common ground and a satisfactory conclusion."
Updated: 17 April 2023 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to the health and social care secretary setting out key priorities ahead of this winter
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “The storm engulfing the NHS is one of staffing shortages. Soaring numbers of people quitting and unfilled jobs is because staff are neither valued nor treated fairly."
Updated: 16 April 2023 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to NHS Providers’ report on waiting lists and winter pressures
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “NHS leaders are having to cry out for help on the eve of the government’s spending announcements. Their fears are the same as ours - patients are being put at risk by the lack of investment from government."
Updated: 15 April 2023 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to latest NHS England performance data
RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “These record waiting lists and delays for treatment in A&E are exactly why nursing has taken the historic decision to strike. These pressures cannot continue. Staff are doing everything they can to treat patients, but there are simply not enough nur...
Updated: 10 April 2023