Press Releases
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02/10/2025
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Rise in children attending A+E a 'devastating indictment' of healthcare policy, says Royal College of Nursing
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Overworked and understaffed nursing teams in emergency departments, including paediatric ones, are desperate to provide the best care and struggling to deal with the numbers of child patients arriving at their door."
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30/09/2025
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Royal College of Nursing welcomes NMC reviews but demands outstanding FtP cases dealt with 'swiftly and fairly'
RCN Chief Nursing Officer Lynn Woolsey, said: “The RCN welcomes the long-awaited publication of both reports and the opportunity it provides the NMC to reflect on its past failures and continue its path to reform. While it is positive that nearly all of the 20 cases as part of its Fitness to Practise (FtP) review were found to be handled well, it is far from a full picture."
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30/09/2025
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RCN’s Corridor Care Warning Realised as Welsh Health Chief Declares Emergency Services “Dire”
More than a year ago, the Royal College of Nursing declared corridor care a crisis. Today, that warning is true at the very top of our health system in Wales.
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30/09/2025
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'Nursing staff key to government's plans for renewal,' says RCN after prime minister's speech at Labour Conference
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said the prime minister’s mission will succeed or fail on turning the NHS around and nursing staff are hungry to play their part.
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26/09/2025
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'Any new plan for the workforce in England must not shy away from difficult choices', says Royal College of Nursing
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “As the largest workforce in the NHS, nursing stands ready to be part of the solution, but our voice must be heard for the plan to succeed.”
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24/09/2025
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Nurses Demand Action: New RCN Manifesto Sets Agenda for Health and Social Care Reform Ahead of Senedd Election
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in Wales has today launched a bold manifesto “Stronger Nursing, Stronger Nation” ahead of the 2026 Senedd election, calling on all political parties to prioritise nursing and patient care as a cornerstone of their campaign platforms.
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22/09/2025
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Threatening to sack migrant nursing staff ‘abhorrent beyond words’, says Royal College of Nursing in response to Reform UK
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “Threatening to sack thousands of migrant nursing staff is abhorrent beyond words. These are people who have come to the UK to care for patients and become part of our communities. They deserve so much better than this."
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19/09/2025
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Don’t waste time and start pay talks now, NHS unions tell health secretary
Wes Streeting has been warned by NHS unions not to waste any more time before starting formal negotiations on pay and reform.
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17/09/2025
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Nursing staff stand ready to provide the best possible care for sick and injured children from Gaza, says Royal College of Nursing
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “We’re relieved to finally see sick and injured children from Gaza arriving in the UK for treatment and nursing staff across our NHS stand ready to provide the best possible care."
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16/09/2025
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NHS winter crisis should be solved rather than needing stress tested, says RCN
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Last winter, nursing staff sounded the alarm on the corridor care crisis in our hospitals, yet a year later health leaders and government officials are stress testing for another crisis rather than properly preventing one."
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