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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 -
Adventures of the Gastro Forum at RCN Congress 2022
The Gastrointestinal Nursing Forum Committee and Forum members travelled to Glasgow last month for an exciting RCN Congress 2022. It was a busy week, and the Forum had a excellent profile. The Team were taking part in debates, representing our 4,000+ members, promoting Forum activity and facilitatin...
Updated: 2 July 2023 -
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 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to Nursing and Midwifery Council's report on international nurses and midwives' recruitment
RCN General Secretary & Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “The over reliance on international nurse recruitment proves ministers have no grip on the nursing workforce crisis. The huge increase in overseas nurses joining the NMC register shows a focus on short-term fixes rather than long-term soluti...
Updated: 4 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 -
Nurses' pay has fallen twice as much as private sector pay, union reveals as first UK-wide strike ballot of NHS nursing staff opens
RCN General Secretary & Chief Executive Pat Cullen, said: “Governments have repeatedly neglected the NHS and the value of nursing. We can change this if together we say ‘enough is enough'"
Updated: 26 March 2023