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NHS Staff Survey shows nursing and midwifery staff facing almost every type of abuse
RCN Director for England Patricia Marquis said: “The findings provide an urgent reality check for government ministers and lay bare the impact of workforce shortages. Nurses remain unhappy with their pay and say there isn’t enough time or staff to do their job properly."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to NHS Confederation survey finding that health leaders plan staff cuts amid ‘substantial’ saving targets
Executive Director of RCN England, Patricia Marquis, said: "The millions that are stuck on waiting lists are proof that balancing the books on the backs of patients is a road to nowhere. Cuts to services harm patient outcomes and cost the NHS more in the long run."
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Engraining the principles of Safety-II to improve staff culture
How a South Wales hospital has successfully integrated the safety principles into its day-to-day working practices, creating a better culture and promoting greater stability within its staff teams.
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Labour Party plans to clear the NHS backlog
Executive Director of RCN England, Patricia Marquis, said: “For Labour's promised historic expansion of the NHS workforce, we need more detail. With thousands of staff leaving the health service each year and nursing applications plummeting, only action to raise pay and abolish tuition fees will revitalise the profession and help reduce waiting lists.”
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Royal College of Nursing responds to DHSC announcement on new pilot scheme to expand patient choice
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: “Patients deserve choice, but wherever they go they will find vacant nursing posts and overstretched services - with nursing staff under relentless pressure and chronic shortages across every setting."
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You could be the next RCN Wales Nurse of the Year
The eleventh annual ceremony showcasing nursing excellence in Wales will return on 21 November at the Mercure Holland House Hotel in Cardiff.
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Labour Party's six pledges for the general election
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive said: “Central to this NHS pledge has to be a commitment to more nurses and better conditions for them. A deliverable plan on waiting lists and round-the-clock services relies on enough staff, who feel valued and able to give high-quality care."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to 76% fall in visa applications from overseas health and care workers
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: “Blocking care workers and their families from coming to the UK is detrimental to the care of those in need and cruel to the people who can provide it."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to call to redesign paediatric wards to help youngsters with mental health problems
RCN UK Head of Nursing Practice, Stephen Jones, said: "This report highlights the distressing daily reality of an NHS in crisis."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to NHS Providers warning that scarce NHS funds are being diverted due to delays to the UK Government's 40 new hospitals programme
Executive Director of RCN England, Patricia Marquis, said: “Spending on the health service has already risen more slowly than promised and many parts of the NHS are struggling. Political parties must realise that investment in both nursing staff and the NHS are the electorate’s top priority.”
