Press Releases
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07/12/2023
Press Release
Royal College of Nursing responds to the UCAS End of Cycle data
Royal College of Nursing Deputy Chief Nurse Dr Nichola Ashby said: “The government’s NHS Long Term Workforce Plan is falling off course before it’s even begun. For the plan to succeed, we need to see significant increases in the numbers choosing to study nursing and we’re going in the wrong direction."
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07/12/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the latest NHS England Urgent and Emergency Care Daily Situation Report
Royal College of Nursing Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “The NHS is already under incredible pressure even before the worst of winter begins to bite. Beds are full, a record number of patients are sitting on waiting lists, and thousands are stuck in hospital due to inadequate social care. This all points to a system in extremely poor health."
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06/12/2023
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RCN Wales responds to Healthcare Inspectorate Wales annual report
It’s crucial now that Welsh government see that all roads lead back to safe staffing in the fight to save the NHS
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06/12/2023
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NHS has squandered billions on agencies that could have been used to hire over 31,000 nurses
Royal College of Nursing Chief Nurse Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “This should act as a wake-up call. The government must give nursing staff and patients the investment and respect they deserve. Not acting now will mean even more patients on waiting lists and the crisis in the nursing workforce deepening further.”
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04/12/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to government announcement imposing limits on care workers bringing their spouses and children to the UK
Royal College of Nursing Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Ministers appear comfortable with tearing apart families to score political points. This cruel sanction will deter care workers from coming to the UK, adding to dire workforce shortages in social care and ultimately piling even more pressure on an overburdened NHS."
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03/12/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Health Secretary's interview on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Royal College of Nursing Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: "Today we might be discussing the winter crisis, but NHS performance has been falling over a decade regardless of the season. Cold months bring particular challenges, but nursing staff are working in dire situations year-round."
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30/11/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Department of Health and Social Care statement on 50,000 extra nurses in the NHS
Royal College of Nursing Chief Nurse Professor Nicola Ranger said: “Nursing staff will reject government claims that it is ‘mission accomplished’ on nurse recruitment - this political target had no basis in the reality of demands on health care. There are still tens of thousands of nursing vacancies in the NHS."
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30/11/2023
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RCN Wales responds to the Nursing and Midwifery Council's mid-year registration data report
Whilst the headline shows an increase in nurses and midwives registering, what lies beneath this is a different story.
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30/11/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Nursing and Midwifery Council's mid-year registration data report
Royal College of Nursing Chief Nurse Professor Nicola Ranger said: “The headline findings of this report don’t reflect what nurses are seeing on the NHS frontline. Since 2019, the NHS waiting list has grown four times faster than the nurse workforce, meaning there aren’t enough staff to provide the outstanding care patients deserve."
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30/11/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to latest NHS England Urgent and Emergency Care Daily Situation Report and NHS Vacancy Statistics
Royal College of Nursing Chief Nurse Professor Nicola Ranger said: “This winter will be just as challenging as last year. Nursing staff are doing all they can to hold together the NHS whilst it is under immense strain."
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