Press Releases
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20/10/2025
Press Release
Without urgent action entire hospitals risk being overwhelmed by corridor care this winter, warns Royal College of Nursing
Executive Director of RCN England, Patricia Marquis said: “Corridor care is unsafe and undignified for patients and demoralising for the healthcare staff forced to care in these circumstances. It is now more than a year since nursing staff first sounded the alarm on this crisis and the disaster in our hospitals shows little sign of improvement."
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16/10/2025
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Nuffield Trust report highlights 'devastating consequences' of failure to invest in community nursing
RCN Head of Nursing, Carli Whittaker, said: "Only new and sustained investment can ensure there are enough expert community nurses embedded in every community, and that children and young people get the care they need.”
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15/10/2025
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High turnover, ageing workforce and decline in skilled staff major concern in social care, warns Royal College of Nursing
RCN Head of Independent Health and Social Care Claire Sutton said: “While there has been a small increase in the number of registered nurses working in the sector, high rates of turnover, an ageing workforce, and a decline in skilled staff are major causes for concern."
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09/10/2025
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‘All signs are pointing to a corridor care disaster this winter and ministers must now take urgent steps to keep patients safe’, warns Royal College of Nursing
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said:. "All signs are pointing to a corridor care disaster this winter and ministers must now take urgent steps to keep patients safe."
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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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'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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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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