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Royal College of Nursing responds to the King’s Fund ‘Social Care 360’ report
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “At the heart of this is a social care system with funding falling increasingly short while the number of nursing staff is not keeping pace with demand."
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Explosion in 12-hour A&E waits shows corridor care is year-round crisis, says RCN in response to new Liberal Democrats' analysis
Executive Director for RCN England Patricia Marquis, said: "An explosion in 12-hour waits is the clearest indicator that corridor care is now a year-round crisis. There has been no respite for understaffed nursing teams during a record summer and they will now be worried about what the coming winter has in store."
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Long waits and corridor care ‘clearest indicators’ hospitals have too few staff to meet patient need, warns Royal College of Nursing
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “Behind these figures are thousands of vulnerable people, forced to endure intimate examinations in public, placed into areas with little to no appropriate medical equipment. It is undignified, unacceptable and must end."
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Nursing staff proud to support the roll out of Martha's rule
RCN Chief Nursing Officer Lynn Woolsey said: “Nursing staff are patients’ greatest advocates and they have been proud to support Martha’s rule. By working together, clinicians, parents and families have not only helped to reduce anxiety but also improve care and advance learning."
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'Nurses are best placed to lead innovation and the future of genomics', says Royal College of Nursing
RCN Executive Director for England Patricia Marquis said nursing staff deliver the vast majority of care and are best placed to lead innovation and shape the future use of genomics.
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Official investigation into corridor care in NHS hospitals must mark ‘beginning of the end’ for unacceptable practice, RCN says
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “This is testament to the bravery of thousands of nursing staff who spoke out about a devastating collapse in care standards. No patient should languish in a corridor, a chair or be forced to endure intimate examinations in public areas. This investigation must shed more light on the scale and impact of these shocking conditions and mark the beginning of the end for this unacceptable practice."
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UCAS figures ‘hammer blow’ to government’s NHS reforms as applications to study nursing hit new low, says RCN
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “These figures are devastating for the nursing profession and a hammer blow for the government’s planned NHS reforms. Health services are battling with thousands of unfilled nurse jobs, and the horizon looks bleak - the numbers choosing nursing in England have plunged to a record low."
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Unhappy young nursing staff 'ticking time bomb' for NHS, says Royal College of Nursing
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “These findings are a ticking time bomb for the NHS. Young nursing staff are the future of the workforce, but those at the start of their careers are the most unhappy."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Dawn Butler MP introducing Bill to legally protect the title ‘nurse’
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Nursing is a safety critical profession, and the title ‘nurse’ needs to be protected. Patients deserve to know that when they are being treated by a registered nurse, that they can trust the knowledge, professionalism, and clinical expertise that brings."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to public health grant allocations for 25/26
RCN Executive Director for England Patricia Marquis said: “The increase in the public health grant is a step in the right direction for the government’s ambitions to shift towards prevention but short-term funding will not cover for years of cuts, nor help rescue the public health nursing workforce, which has been decimated over the last decade."
