Immediate action on pay and working conditions needed to halt nursing exodus, warns RCN
The government must urgently boost nursing salaries with a recruitment and retention payment alongside an above inflation pay rise for nursing staff this year.
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The government must urgently boost nursing salaries with a recruitment and retention payment alongside an above inflation pay rise for nursing staff this year.
Members are encouraged to share their views and attend a workshop to help shape this crucial work.
Urgent measures needed to tackle abuse, improve morale and retain staff.
Today’s budget offers nothing for nursing, despite an escalating workforce crisis, as the Chancellor plays politics with the long-term future of our profession.
New polling shows 76% of the public would support student loans being written off for nurses who work in the NHS or other public services. We're urging the Chancellor to act in the budget.
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The RCN has helped develop a campaign to promote flexible working to NHS staff.
The Department of Health and trade unions have concluded pay negotiations for HSC staff on Agenda for Change (AfC) terms and conditions, which includes nursing staff.
We’re demanding a significant pay enhancement of ‘several thousand’ to stem the exodus of nursing staff, alongside a substantial above-inflation NHS pay rise.
We continue to condemn attacks on health care workers and their patients amid a worsening humanitarian crisis in the Middle East.
We’ve written to the health secretary calling for urgent action to address the large fall in applicants to nursing degree courses in England.
Government must fund pay increase for general practice nursing staff now.
We’re looking ahead to lively debates on important topics affecting the nursing profession, such as assisted dying, access to controlled drugs in care homes and regulating the nursing support workforce.
The RCN has welcomed the return of the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive.
RCN continues to fight for nursing staff, patient care and the NHS.
We’ll be collecting members’ views to provide a robust response.
RCN members working in Northern Ireland will take to picket lines alongside other trade unions to fight for pay parity with nursing staff in England.
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