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Tackling nursing crisis crucial to achieving Prime Minister’s plan, says Royal College of Nursing
Executive Director of RCN England, Patricia Marquis, said: “To achieve his plan, the Prime Minister needs to join the dots between hitting NHS targets and solving the crisis in nursing. We deliver the vast majority of care, but our workforce is severely depleted and recruitment is collapsing."
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Nurse shortage leaves NHS ‘woefully unprepared’ for flu crisis flooding wards, says Royal College of Nursing
RCN Executive Director for England Patricia Marquis, said: “The NHS is woefully underprepared for the crisis flooding into its wards this winter. A nursing workforce wracked by widespread vacancies will be doing its best to keep people safe, but the reality is that there are too many patients and too few beds."
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Revising NHS workforce plans must include resolving the crisis in nursing, says Royal College of Nursing
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Revising workforce plans must include resolving the fundamental reasons why the nursing workforce is in crisis. It should be the government’s first priority and will deliver better care for millions."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Royal College of Emergency Medicine's new position statement on corridor care
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “Care delivered in corridors and other non-clinical spaces is unsafe, undignified and unacceptable. It violates the privacy of patients and leaves staff without access to essential, life-saving equipment. There are no circumstances under which it constitutes good, safe care."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the New Year Honours List 2025
Royal College of Nursing President Sheilabye Sobrany said: “Congratulations to all those in health and care who have been recognised in the New Year Honours. Your work and tireless dedication to nursing and your patients act as an inspiration to all of us."
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Failing nurse recruitment and huge rise in early leavers creating ‘perfect storm for patient safety’, warns Royal College of Nursing
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: "Today’s figures are bad news for patients. Nurse recruitment is slowing, the numbers of new starters is falling and we are witnessing a devastating increase in people leaving within five years of joining."
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