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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."
Updated: 3 March 2021 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to the Public Accounts Committee report on Test, Track and Trace
RCN Chief Executive and General Secretary, Dame Donna Kinnair, said: “The Government needs to move nursing staff up their list of priorities or they risk losing those who they have relied on from the very beginning of the pandemic.
Updated: 10 March 2021 -
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.
Updated: 5 March 2021 -
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."
Updated: 10 March 2021 -
More support needed for health and care workers outside the NHS, warns RCN as it reveals key staff ‘slipping through the net’
RCN Chief Executive and General Secretary, Dame Donna Kinnair, said: "Employers are ultimately responsible for ensuring all their staff are able to access the vaccine. But the Government must intervene now, as our members have proven this is clearly not the case."
Updated: 10 March 2021 -
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.”
Updated: 10 March 2021 -
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 special...
Updated: 4 February 2021 -
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.”
Updated: 10 March 2021 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to Prime Minister’s comments on nurses and NHS pay
RCN Chief Executive and General Secretary, Dame Donna Kinnair, said: "The prime minister must put his money where his mouth is. NHS staff are worth it and there is overwhelming public support."
Updated: 10 March 2021 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to UK Government health and care white paper
RCN Chief Executive and General Secretary Dame Donna Kinnair, said: "We are inching closer to getting ministers to take responsibility for ensuring safe and effective care with enough nursing staff."
Updated: 11 February 2021