Responding to the arrival of the first group of Gazan children evacuated to the UK for specialist NHS treatment, 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. We have repeatedly called for children to be brought to safety and this must be just the beginning, with no further delays to evacuations.

"The deliberate targeting of health care facilities and health care workers means nearly all the hospitals in Gaza have been destroyed or damaged by attacks. This must stop. Nursing staff everywhere must be able to work without the threat of violence or obstruction to the delivery of care.”

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