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Royal College of Nursing responds to plans for a new early warning system for NHS patient safety
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “The guaranteed way to improve care is to raise staffing levels. In the NHS today, one nurse can be left caring for 10, 15 or more patients at a time. The situation is drastically unsafe."
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Sluggish growth ‘cold comfort’ to overstretched nursing staff, says Royal College of Nursing as only 40 more people accepted onto nursing courses in England
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said today’s UCAS figures show just 40 more domestic students have been accepted onto nursing courses in England compared with last year.
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Cuts to ICBs could put patient safety at risk, warns Royal College of Nursing
Executive Director of RCN England Patricia Marquis said: “Nursing staff in ICBs have led the way in planning and commissioning local health care. They are not only central to the safe delivery of services for patients, but also in designing the services of the future. At a time of huge transformation, their expertise is priceless and we cannot afford to lose them in a cost-cutting exercise."
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'Nurses are best placed to lead innovation and the future of genomics', says Royal College of Nursing
RCN Executive Director for England Patricia Marquis said nursing staff deliver the vast majority of care and are best placed to lead innovation and shape the future use of genomics.
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Investing in nurse education 'critical' for health reforms, says Royal College of Nursing as vital Level 7 Apprenticeship funding announced
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said removing the funding route for Level 7 Apprenticeships would be damaging and welcomed steps to see funding options restored to the vital specialist career routes.
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Official investigation into corridor care in NHS hospitals must mark ‘beginning of the end’ for unacceptable practice, RCN says
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “This is testament to the bravery of thousands of nursing staff who spoke out about a devastating collapse in care standards. No patient should languish in a corridor, a chair or be forced to endure intimate examinations in public areas. This investigation must shed more light on the scale and impact of these shocking conditions and mark the beginning of the end for this unacceptable practice."
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'The test of this will be if students can find jobs, vacant posts are filled, and patients receive the care they deserve’, says Royal College of Nursing
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “Ministers have to continue listening to nursing staff who are crying out to have their critical work valued, today’s action takes us all a little closer.”
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Nurses ‘too scared to even go into work’ - as violence against A+E staff almost doubles in five years
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “Behind these shocking figures lies an ugly truth. Dedicated and hard-working nursing staff face rising violent attacks because of systemic failures that are no fault of their own. Every incident is unacceptable, but we need ministers and trust leaders to acknowledge some of the key underlying causes."
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UCAS figures ‘hammer blow’ to government’s NHS reforms as applications to study nursing hit new low, says RCN
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “These figures are devastating for the nursing profession and a hammer blow for the government’s planned NHS reforms. Health services are battling with thousands of unfilled nurse jobs, and the horizon looks bleak - the numbers choosing nursing in England have plunged to a record low."
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Unhappy young nursing staff 'ticking time bomb' for NHS, says Royal College of Nursing
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “These findings are a ticking time bomb for the NHS. Young nursing staff are the future of the workforce, but those at the start of their careers are the most unhappy."
