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Royal College of Nursing responds to CQC’s annual State of Care report
Responding to CQC’s State of Care report, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “This broad and damning report supports the view of Ministers that the NHS is broken. Taking responsibility for fixing it will be tough but cannot start soon enough. "
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Without a safety net
The cost-of-living crisis has had devastating consequences for nursing staff up and down the country and is exacerbated by more than a decade of real-terms pay cuts to NHS wages. The NHS is a national service, but its staff could not be more international. Without direct action, we are risking a mass exodus of international nursing staff.
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Royal College of Nursing responds to new analysis which shows significant disparities in waiting times for different patient groups in England’s NHS
Patricia Marquis, Executive Director of RCN England, said: “If you are Black, a woman, or from a deprived area, you are facing longer waits for treatment and potentially worse health outcomes – that is appalling. Whilst the causes of health inequalities are complex, there can be little doubt that increasing levels of poverty, sustained cuts to public health services and an under-resourced NHS are contributing factors."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to HSSIB report on ‘the delivery of safe and therapeutic care to adults in mental health inpatient settings’
Stephen Jones, UK Head of Nursing Practice at the Royal College of Nursing said: “The long-term failure to invest in mental health nursing is having a direct and deeply worrying impact on those most in need of care."
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NHS England data shows hospitals ‘hurtling towards’ corridor care crisis this winter, RCN says
Patricia Marquis, Executive Director of RCN England, said: “The NHS appears to be hurtling towards another corridor care crisis this winter. Tens of thousands more people are heading to A&E, while the number of people waiting more than 12 hours is up by more than 20% on the same point last year. Without intervention, the government's next 100 days will be defined by patients crammed into fire escapes, store cupboards and corridors."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to NHS performance figures
Responding to the latest NHS performance figures, RCN Director for England Patricia Marquis said: “Horrendous waits are becoming normalised in a system that cannot cope with demand. Whilst the NHS continues to battle chronic nursing workforce shortages, the number of those waiting the longest has grown and waiting times for urgent cancer referrals are still way below target. Having the right amount of staff is intrinsically linked to providing quick, safe and effective care."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the National Audit Office report on NHS England’s modelling for the Long Term Workforce Plan
RCN Director for England Patricia Marquis said: “This NAO report may not be damning, but this credible intervention asks the government and NHS to ‘revisit’ their ill-founded optimism. Since the workforce plan was published less than a year ago, student nurse numbers have already dropped twice – taking England’s NHS further from safe staffing levels."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to The King's Fund's analysis - 'Illustrating the relationship between poverty and NHS services'
RCN Deputy Chief Nurse, Dr Nichola Ashby, said: “Every day, nursing staff see the impact poverty has on people’s health. But despite working in every possible setting – from people’s homes to social care and emergency departments – they are often powerless to stop the root causes of poverty that lead to poor health."
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Ministers should listen to NHS staff, not create false divisions, says RCN
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: “Nursing staff agree with NHS leaders that Equality, Diversity and Inclusion is vital to improving both the culture of the NHS and patient care. Ministers on a culture war crusade have no business lecturing NHS staff on what their services need."
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Crisis in nursing unresolved after today's Budget, Royal College of Nursing says
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “The Chancellor’s task was difficult, but the crisis in nursing remains unresolved after today’s Budget. Thousands of staff continue to leave the profession, whilst new nurse numbers have collapsed in every English region. We are a safety-critical profession, worthy of infrastructure-style investment."
