Press Releases
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28/06/2025
Press Release
Royal College of Nursing responds to plans to cut NHS quangos
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “For these proposed changes to be effective government must take ownership of the real issue, the staffing crisis on our wards, and not just shuffle people into new roles. Protecting patients has to be the priority and not just a drive for efficiency."
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25/06/2025
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‘Nursing staff stand ready to make this plan work, but they need to see a commitment to rebuild the whole workforce,' says Royal College of Nursing
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “For too long now, those in the most deprived, rural and coastal areas have struggled to access the healthcare services they need, so any efforts to tackle this are a step in the right direction."
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25/06/2025
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Positive progress but clear there is still more work to be done, says RCN
Responding to the NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) and Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES) reports published today, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “It is positive that these figures suggest progress has been made in improving representation at senior levels in the NHS, but it’s clear that there is still more work to be done."
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18/06/2025
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Wales’s Nursing Workforce Improving, but Royal College of Nursing Warns That Shortfalls Remain
RCN Wales responds to the latest Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register data report showing an increase in nursing professionals on the register.
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18/06/2025
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Surge in international leavers exposes failure to grow domestic nurse workforce, RCN says in response to new NMC register data
RCN Chief Nursing Officer Lynn Woolsey, said: “These figures put pressure on Wes Streeting to come up with a 10-year workforce strategy to turn things around. Numbers studying nursing in the UK are falling through the floor and we are going to see a worsening picture as the figures are released."
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16/06/2025
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Nurses top list of public sector workers who should be paid more, as public says government ‘doesn’t value nursing’
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “These findings show the government is out of step with the public. Whoever you speak to, people overwhelmingly want nursing staff paid fairly, but yet again ministers put us at the back of the queue behind other professions. Treating nursing like this is disrespectful and bad for the NHS too."
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13/06/2025
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the King’s Birthday Honours
RCN President Bejoy Sebastian said: “These honours are not only testament to the skill, expertise and dedication of those recognised but also act as an inspiration to the nurses of today."
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11/06/2025
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'NHS protected but not transformed by today’s spending plans’, Royal College of Nursing says
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: "The Chancellor acknowledged the contribution of nursing staff, but the reality is patient demand is rising and the nurse workforce crisis is deepening."
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09/06/2025
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Nursing staff to ‘give verdict’ on NHS pay award as RCN launches biggest ever pay vote
Professor Nicola Ranger, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive said: "Nursing is an incredible career but despite being the most valued profession by the public we continue to be weighted to the bottom of the NHS pay scale and are set to receive one of the lowest pay awards. It is time to show that nurses are valued and, from today, hundreds of thousands of nursing staff working in the NHS will give their verdict on whether 3.6% is enough.”
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06/06/2025
Press Release
‘High in ambition, but low on detail of how the staff needed to make it work will be supported to deliver these changes'
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: This plan is a welcome admission from government that corridor care is unacceptable and an indication that nursing voices have been heard."
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