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Huge increase in nurses quitting early in ‘perfect storm’ for patient care, as RCN warns NHS reforms at risk
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “Nursing is an incredible career, and it should be one for life, but thousands are quitting early because they are burnt out, underpaid and demoralised. It is a perfect storm for ministers as thousands leave the profession early...
Updated: 11 April 2025 -
RCNi annual report 2023
This is the RCNi annual report for 2023.
Updated: 22 November 2024 -
RCN England General Election Manifesto 2024
Invest in nursing. Invest in patients. Invest in society.
Updated: 12 November 2024 -
Council’s Report to Members on Congress 2023
This report details the activities that have been carried out by RCN members and staff to push forward with the resolutions and matters for discussions passed at Congress 2023.
Updated: 2 November 2024 -
Holdco annual report 2023
This is the 2023 annual report for Holdco.
Updated: 22 November 2024 -
RCN Foundation annual report 2023
This is the RCN Foundation annual report for 2023.
Updated: 22 November 2024 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to figures showing over one million 12-hour A&E waits this year
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Dangerously long waits have become normalised in our NHS, whilst nursing staff are forced to deliver unsafe care in corridors. They are overworked, understaffed and professionally demoralised. The government needs to step in a...
Updated: 23 March 2025 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to laying of the Employment Rights Bill
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Today’s bill marks a historic moment for our female-dominated profession, paving the way for the biggest advance in workers’ rights in a generation. A fair pay agreement in social care, enshrined in law, and a new body to roo...
Updated: 10 March 2025 -
New nurse numbers collapsing in every English region, as RCN warns Government’s 10 Year Plan at risk
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “The prospect of huge debt and lack of financial support is putting off the nurses of the future, threatening to leave patients without the highly trained nursing professionals they desperately need."
Updated: 28 March 2025 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to launch of government’s NHS 10 Year Plan engagement exercise
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “Nursing staff deliver the vast majority of care in the NHS and they know better than anyone how to make services better for patients. The government’s ambitions are the right ones, but to work they will require the expertise of...
Updated: 21 March 2025