Press Releases
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11/09/2025
Press Release
NHS headed towards 'worse corridor care disaster than last year', warns Royal College of Nursing
Executive Director of RCN England Patricia Marquis said: "Nursing staff have repeatedly warned about the crisis in our hospitals, but now the numbers enduring long waits has skyrocketed year on year, rising further before the cold weather is even here. Ministers need to act to protect patients this winter."
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09/09/2025
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Long waits and corridor care ‘clearest indicators’ hospitals have too few staff to meet patient need, warns Royal College of Nursing
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “Behind these figures are thousands of vulnerable people, forced to endure intimate examinations in public, placed into areas with little to no appropriate medical equipment. It is undignified, unacceptable and must end."
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04/09/2025
Press Release
Nursing staff proud to support the roll out of Martha's rule
RCN Chief Nursing Officer Lynn Woolsey said: “Nursing staff are patients’ greatest advocates and they have been proud to support Martha’s rule. By working together, clinicians, parents and families have not only helped to reduce anxiety but also improve care and advance learning."
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01/09/2025
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Explosion in 12-hour A&E waits shows corridor care is year-round crisis, says RCN in response to new Liberal Democrats' analysis
Executive Director for RCN England Patricia Marquis, said: "An explosion in 12-hour waits is the clearest indicator that corridor care is now a year-round crisis. There has been no respite for understaffed nursing teams during a record summer and they will now be worried about what the coming winter has in store."
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28/08/2025
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'Nurses are best placed to lead innovation and the future of genomics', says Royal College of Nursing
RCN Executive Director for England Patricia Marquis said nursing staff deliver the vast majority of care and are best placed to lead innovation and shape the future use of genomics.
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26/08/2025
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Official investigation into corridor care in NHS hospitals must mark ‘beginning of the end’ for unacceptable practice, RCN says
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “This is testament to the bravery of thousands of nursing staff who spoke out about a devastating collapse in care standards. No patient should languish in a corridor, a chair or be forced to endure intimate examinations in public areas. This investigation must shed more light on the scale and impact of these shocking conditions and mark the beginning of the end for this unacceptable practice."
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22/08/2025
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Cuts to ICBs could put patient safety at risk, warns Royal College of Nursing
Executive Director of RCN England Patricia Marquis said: “Nursing staff in ICBs have led the way in planning and commissioning local health care. They are not only central to the safe delivery of services for patients, but also in designing the services of the future. At a time of huge transformation, their expertise is priceless and we cannot afford to lose them in a cost-cutting exercise."
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14/08/2025
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Royal College of Nursing Urges Strategic Investment in Social Care Nursing Following £30m Welsh Government Pledge
RCN Wales highlights the vital role of nursing staff in delivering safe, effective community care and calls for targeted funding to ensure the success of the Welsh Government’s latest investment.
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14/08/2025
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Sluggish growth ‘cold comfort’ to overstretched nursing staff, says Royal College of Nursing as only 40 more people accepted onto nursing courses in England
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said today’s UCAS figures show just 40 more domestic students have been accepted onto nursing courses in England compared with last year.
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12/08/2025
Press Release
Nurses ‘too scared to even go into work’ - as violence against A+E staff almost doubles in five years
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “Behind these shocking figures lies an ugly truth. Dedicated and hard-working nursing staff face rising violent attacks because of systemic failures that are no fault of their own. Every incident is unacceptable, but we need ministers and trust leaders to acknowledge some of the key underlying causes."
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