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King’s speech: government fails to address nursing workforce crisis in last chance before election
RCN responds to government’s legislative plans for next parliamentary session, warning patient care will suffer without law to ensure safe nurse staffing in England.
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Extra funding for students welcome, but more radical support needed to boost nurse numbers
Students in England can claim 50% more for placement expenses following RCN campaigning, but the union warns it doesn’t go far enough to address debt issues for future nurses.
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Low pay, understaffing, bullying, long COVID – whatever your workplace issue, we want to know about it. The more we know, the harder we can fight for you.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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'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.
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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.
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£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.
