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Royal College of Nursing responds to the health secretary’s speech at the Labour Party Conference
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “Those working in the NHS recognise the health secretary’s diagnosis and stand ready to help in delivering the change needed to improve care for all patients. It requires investment in the nursing workforce who currently do not ...
Updated: 23 February 2025 -
Tackling nursing crisis crucial to achieving Prime Minister’s plan, says Royal College of Nursing
Executive Director of RCN England, Patricia Marquis, said: “To achieve his plan, the Prime Minister needs to join the dots between hitting NHS targets and solving the crisis in nursing. We deliver the vast majority of care, but our workforce is severely depleted and recruitment is collapsing."
Updated: 5 May 2025 -
Nurse shortage leaves NHS ‘woefully unprepared’ for flu crisis flooding wards, says Royal College of Nursing
RCN Executive Director for England Patricia Marquis, said: “The NHS is woefully underprepared for the crisis flooding into its wards this winter. A nursing workforce wracked by widespread vacancies will be doing its best to keep people safe, but the reality is that there are too many patients and to...
Updated: 12 May 2025 -
Revising NHS workforce plans must include resolving the crisis in nursing, says Royal College of Nursing
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Revising workforce plans must include resolving the fundamental reasons why the nursing workforce is in crisis. It should be the government’s first priority and will deliver better care for millions."
Updated: 8 May 2025 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to the Royal College of Emergency Medicine's new position statement on corridor care
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “Care delivered in corridors and other non-clinical spaces is unsafe, undignified and unacceptable. It violates the privacy of patients and leaves staff without access to essential, life-saving equipment. There are no circumstan...
Updated: 16 May 2025 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to the New Year Honours List 2025
Royal College of Nursing President Sheilabye Sobrany said: “Congratulations to all those in health and care who have been recognised in the New Year Honours. Your work and tireless dedication to nursing and your patients act as an inspiration to all of us."
Updated: 30 May 2025 -
Failing nurse recruitment and huge rise in early leavers creating ‘perfect storm for patient safety’, warns Royal College of Nursing
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: "Today’s figures are bad news for patients. Nurse recruitment is slowing, the numbers of new starters is falling and we are witnessing a devastating increase in people leaving within five years of joining."
Updated: 16 August 2025 -
Resolution: Decriminalising abortion
That this meeting of Congress requests that the RCN Council supports the calls for the decriminalisation of abortion across the UK.
Updated: 27 October 2024 -
Matter for Discussion: Definition of nursing
That this meeting of RCN Congress discusses how the RCN’s Definition of Nursing can be utilised to demonstrate the value of nursing.
Updated: 27 October 2024 -
Matter for discussion: Virtual wards – the pros and cons
That this meeting of RCN Congress discusses the impact of virtual wards on the work, education and development of the nursing workforce and on patients.
Updated: 27 October 2024
