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Immigration measures could ‘accelerate’ staffing crisis, nursing union warns
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: "Our report shows thousands of migrant nursing staff are ready to leave the UK. This situation is bad enough, but now the government’s cruel measures could accelerate this exodus, doing great damage to key services."
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Nurse lecturer cuts ‘explode’ as domestic workforce plans put at risk, new report shows
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: "This is an incredibly serious moment, raising questions about the ability of our country to educate the nurses of the future, and about how it staffs the NHS."
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Nursing leader condemns government immigration measures in major speech
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “Many of you in this hall today started your nursing journey far away. So let me say again: you are more than welcome in the UK. Thank you for bringing your skills to this country and bringing your lives here. You know, more than I ever will, the obstacles, costs and the hostility."
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'More needed to boost student and nurse staffing levels’, Royal College of Nursing responds to new nurse education measures announced by the health secretary
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “These modest changes may improve the experience for current nursing students but more is needed to boost student and nurse staffing levels in the face of the current crisis."
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Nursing union welcomes better legal protections for nursing professionals
Responding to the 'protect the nurse' law change, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “This is an important moment for our safety-critical profession, after years of campaigning."
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Bonuses for bosses while cutting nurse numbers ‘reckless and offensive’, says Royal College of Nursing
Executive Director of RCN England Patricia Marquis, said: “Attracting talent to the NHS is important, but no NHS boss could succeed without us. We are the largest workforce in the health service and deliver the vast majority of care for patients."
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Invest in nursing staff to transform NHS, says RCN after record vote
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said the profession feels deeply undervalued and that is why record numbers are telling the government to wake up, sense the urgency here and do what’s right by them and by patients.
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Number of domestic applicants to nursing courses falls to new low, as RCN calls for government action
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: "These figures are devastating news for the 10 Year Health Plan and alarm bells should be ringing in government. You simply cannot transform care while a broken education model chokes off growth and puts off the nurses of the future."
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'The biggest threat to safety is having too few nurses', Royal College of Nursing responds to Dr Penny Dash's review into patient safety
Taking a match to independent organisations designed to protect the public is a high-risk move when things are still so unsafe for patients and tens of thousands of nursing posts lie vacant, said RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger.
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Royal College of Nursing responds to resident doctors' vote
Responding to the announcement that resident doctors in England have voted in favour of industrial action, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said that nursing staff are similarly voting in strong numbers and telling the government to go faster in repairing a damaged NHS and undervalued workforce.
