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RCN exposes false economy of relying on international and agency nursing recruitment, as strike ballot is under way
New analysis from the RCN today exposes the UK Government’s flawed policy of relying heavily on recruiting nursing staff from overseas and agencies, and letting undervalued, experienced staff quit the profession.
Updated: 1 April 2023 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to the announcement of Rishi Sunak as the new prime minister
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: "Rishi Sunak must now decide if he wants to be the prime minister who cut the NHS and social care to the bone or one that invested in its people, patients and priorities"
Updated: 24 March 2023 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s efficiency savings comments
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen said: “Mr Hunt must put patients first. The nursing workforce crisis is undermining safe patient care and with many choosing to leave the profession for better-paid jobs elsewhere, the need to pay a demoralised and unvalued profession fairly could...
Updated: 16 March 2023 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to the announcement of Steve Barclay as the Secretary of State for Health and Care
Responding to the announcement of Steve Barclay as the Secretary of State for Health and Care, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “Last time in this job, the Health Secretary handed down the NHS pay cut we are currently balloting our members on. Within days, he will find ou...
Updated: 26 March 2023 -
Nursing staff quitting their NHS pensions to make ends meet as cost-of-living crisis bites
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen said: “It is a sad day when the people who care for this country from cradle to grave don’t earn enough to provide for their own future. A lifetime of service should never mean a lifetime of poverty."
Updated: 25 March 2023 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to the publication of the Care Quality Commission’s State of Care report
Responding to the publication of the Care Quality Commission’s State of Care report, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “The social care sector is in a perilous state, with thousands of nursing vacancies in England. The CQC makes clear that the vast majority of providers ca...
Updated: 21 March 2023 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s economic plans announcement
Responding to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s update on the Government’s economic plans, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen, said: “The Chancellor’s announcement today will have done nothing to reassure nursing that it will get the investment it so desperately needs"
Updated: 17 March 2023 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to the Prime Minister's resignation
Responding to the Prime Minister's resignation, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “This government collapsed because it pursued a narrow agenda for the rich — giving most to those who have the most."
Updated: 20 March 2023 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to media comments by the Health Secretary on not making changes to NHS pay
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen said: “Nurses and support workers hearing this will be angry but it will make them even more determined. Members should find their ballot papers today and show the Health Secretary we have a strong voice that she cannot dismiss."
Updated: 11 March 2023 -
Nursing staff are effectively working one day a week for free after a decade of real-terms pay cuts
The goodwill and expertise of the profession is being exploited by governments across the UK, the RCN says, with new analysis showing that experienced nurses are working one day a week for free because of a decade of real-terms pay cuts.
Updated: 28 October 2022