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Royal College of Nursing responds to NHS pressure and Prime Minister's speech
Responding to NHS pressure and the Prime Minister's speech, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen, writes to health secretary Steve Barclay.
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Royal College of Nursing responds to latest NHS performance statistics
RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “Waiting lists again at record levels, people waiting hours in A&E for treatment and thousands of patients well enough to go home stuck in hospital beds is not a picture of an NHS in the peak of health."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to government winter pressures announcement
RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said “Without investment in staff, providing more facilities – whether it’s more beds in care homes or hospitals – won’t make a difference. Nursing staff are leaving the profession in their droves and pay is a key factor. To halt the exodus, ministers must pay them fairly.”
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UK government announces new NHS pay offer for nursing staff in England
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “The government was forced into these negotiations and to reopen the pay award as a result of the historic pressure from nursing staff. Members took the hardest of decisions to go on strike and I believe they have been vindicated today."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the latest NHS England vacancy statistics
Responding to the latest NHS England vacancy statistics, RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “This is a startling reminder of the depth of the crisis in the nursing workforce."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Budget Statement
Responding to the Budget Statement, RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: "England's NHS and social care system is ailing and the Budget did not put it on a better path. Jeremy Hunt is on the record less than a year ago raising the alarm over the greatest workforce crisis in NHS history but as Chancellor he is not yet gripping it."
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NHS England survey ‘lays bare’ staff in crisis, says RCN, warning change cannot wait
A decline in staff satisfaction with the quality of care, increased pressure in the workplace and crisis in mental health could spell disaster for the National Health Service.
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Nursing staff to vote on new NHS pay offer in England
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen said: "Weeks of negotiation resulted in a new offer and it’s only right that we ask our members to vote again and to give their view on the government’s proposal."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the British Social Attitudes Survey
RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “This should send shockwaves through the heart of Westminster and yet the findings will come as no surprise to those working across health and care."
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What do learning disability nurses do?
Professor Ruth Northway OBE FRCN, Learning Disability Advisor at RCN Wales, tackles the lack of awareness around learning disability nursing.