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Negotiate on NHS pay through summer, nursing leader asks next PM
The only way to avoid a six-month delay to this year’s NHS nurse pay uplift is to hold negotiations in the weeks after the election, the RCN leader has said at the union’s annual conference. Professor Nicola Ranger, Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive, made the call in her keynote speech at the RCN Congress in Newport, Wales, as she launched the College’s General Election manifesto.
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‘No place to hide for new government' – Royal College of Nursing responds to rise in NHS England waiting list figures
Patricia Marquis, Executive Director of RCN England, said: “Waiting lists are up and there will be no place to hide for the next government when it comes to bringing them down. Excuses, vague promises and unambitious levels of investment will not get patients the care they need."
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A fresh start for nursing
The RCN’s response to the 2024 UK government consultation on nursing pay and careers.
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‘Recommitting to old targets not enough’ – RCN responds to Conservative Party manifesto
RCN Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Nursing staff want firm commitments to turn around the crisis in health and care but this manifesto stops short of providing them. Recruiting and retaining more nurses is urgent, but recommitting to old targets in rhetoric is not enough."
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Royal College of Nursing comments on the King’s Birthday Honours
RCN President Sheilabye Sobrany said: “It takes a remarkable person to work in nursing and all of those honoured today should be proud of their achievement and the way they represent the very best of nursing."
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RCN responds to a Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on the impact of hardship on primary and community healthcare
Patricia Marquis, Executive Director of RCN England, said: “Every day, nursing staff see the connection between hardship and health. Social deprivation has a devastating impact on people’s physical and mental health and is well understood to be behind rates of increased mortality amongst children. As poverty worsens, so too do pressures on an already under-resourced health and care system.
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‘Tantamount to torture’ - Royal College of Nursing responds to Channel 4’s Dispatches undercover A&E footage
RCN Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “The footage in Dispatches should shock us all, but sadly it has become commonplace across NHS hospitals. Patients can wait for days in corridors and chairs – this is tantamount to torture and a national emergency for patient safety."
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Productivity cannot be boosted without investment in staff – Royal College of Nursing responds to NHS Providers’ ‘Achieving value for money’ report
RCN Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “This report highlights just how hard NHS staff are working to deliver for patients, but also the terrible levels of burnout they face. It is right to celebrate the innovation taking place in our health service, but we cannot lose sight of staff shortages, which are the fundamental problem holding service productivity back."
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Nursing union declares ‘national emergency’ over corridor care crisis
Patients are being left without access to oxygen, enduring intimate examinations, and even dying in hospital corridors, it is revealed today, as the nursing union declares a “national emergency” over care delivered in inappropriate crowded areas.
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University financial crisis ‘engulfing’ nursing courses, RCN warns
RCN Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “What is happening in universities will impact the NHS, the care sector, and their ability to provide safely staffed services"
