Press Releases
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30/09/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to publication of 2025/26 NHS Pay Review Body Remit letter
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: "The same way of working produces the same outcome - one that nursing staff have just said was inadequate. The government must show nurses their voices have been heard and that the way to set their pay is always fair."
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26/09/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry’s evidence from Professor Kevin Fong and Professor Sir Chris Whitty
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Today’s evidence profoundly captures the relentless devastation nursing staff faced during the pandemic. Despite trying to give patients the best care, they faced an almost unimaginable scale of death in a health and care system which was completely overwhelmed."
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25/09/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the health secretary’s speech at the Labour Party Conference
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “Those working in the NHS recognise the health secretary’s diagnosis and stand ready to help in delivering the change needed to improve care for all patients. It requires investment in the nursing workforce who currently do not feel valued – the government has an opportunity to show a fresh path at next month’s Budget."
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25/09/2024
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Royal College of Nursing Wales launches NHS pay consultation
The Royal College of Nursing Wales has today (Wednesday 25 September) launched a member consultation on the latest NHS pay award for nursing staff in Wales.
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23/09/2024
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NHS nursing staff vote to reject government pay award for current year
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “We are witnessing a fundamental shift in the determination of nursing staff to stand up for themselves, their patients and the NHS they believe in."
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19/09/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the latest UCAS figures showing a further fall in the acceptances onto nursing degree courses
Executive Director of RCN England Patricia Marquis said: “The continuing collapse in the number of people accepted onto nursing courses should act as a warning sign to government of the urgent need to act. Ignoring this now would be an act of abandonment at a time of crisis."
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17/09/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the IPPR ‘Our Greatest Asset’ report
Executive Director of RCN England Patricia Marquis said: “The government can only achieve its stated missions for growth and the NHS by prioritising health, including prevention. Doing that will require increased investment to scale up community and public health nursing services, whilst ensuring that safe and effective treatment is available when people need it.”
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16/09/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the NHS England announcement on reporting patient care in corridors
A spokesperson for the RCN said: "Clear reporting should be mandatory, not optional, if the NHS is going to get a grip on this emergency situation. No patient deserves the indignity of care in such inappropriate locations."
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12/09/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Prime Minister’s speech following the publication of Lord Darzi’s review
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “The best reform in the NHS looks beyond its own doors and at investment as well as the delivery and standard of each service. Only that holistic approach will achieve the aims being set out today by the Prime Minister."
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11/09/2024
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Royal College of Nursing responds to publication of Lord Darzi’s Independent investigation of the National Health Service in England
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Nursing staff will recognise many of Lord Darzi’s conclusions, not least how sustained austerity, cuts to public health and failure to invest in community services have impacted NHS performance and patient care."
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