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RCN Position Statement: Menopause and you at work
The RCN believes that everyone has a right to access support at work, around the menopause, to enable them to continue in employment and ensure they maintain a healthy life, within any healthcare setting. This position statement is for all nurses, midwives, nursing associates and nursing support worker working in any health and social care setting in any of the four countries in relation to menopause at work.
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Fair Pay for Nursing England Ballot Poster May 2023
An A4 poster with information about the May 2023 strike ballot.
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Nursing applications down 27% in three years, as RCN urges new government to save NHS workforce plan
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Nursing is a wonderful and rewarding profession, but huge debt and financial insecurity are putting off the next generation. Patients and nursing staff alike need the new government to come good on their promises to deliver the workforce plan – after its first full year things have headed in the wrong direction at the very time we know the NHS is struggling to retain current staff."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to appointment of Duncan Burton as Chief Nursing Officer for NHS England
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “I’m delighted that Duncan Burton has been appointed as the new Chief Nursing Officer for NHS England. Following years of dedicated service at every level, some of those working side by side, I have every confidence in him as a powerful voice for our profession."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s annual data report
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “It is deeply alarming that over 5,000 young early-career nursing staff chose to quit the profession last year, most vowing never to return. When the vacancy rate is high and care standards often poor due to staffing levels, the NHS cannot afford to lose a single individual."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the NHS pay announcement for nursing staff
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “When it comes to pay in the NHS, all professional groups deserve a clear route to fair pay restoration – making up for a very serious loss of earnings in the last 15 years. Stagnant salaries at a time of spiralling prices forced too many to leave and deterred others from joining."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to publication of the Skills for Care Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “It is not possible to ‘fix’ the NHS without addressing the poor state of social care. People are living longer with increasingly complex care needs, but governments of every colour have been unwilling to grapple with this issue for decades. Today’s ministers cannot afford to take the same approach."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Module 1 Report of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Today’s report will make emotional reading for nursing staff across the UK. The thoughts of our profession are with the bereaved, and those continuing to live with the long-term effects of COVID-19."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the NHS Providers’ ‘Lost Generation’ report
Responding to the NHS Providers’ ‘Lost Generation’ report, Executive Director of RCN England, Patricia Marquis, said: “When NHS leaders say staff shortages are preventing them from delivering services to children - it is time for action."
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Manx Care nurses reject 4% pay offer
Manx Care nurses reject latest offer from employer.
