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Tuition fee rise will 'make a bad situation worse', says Royal College of Nursing
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “As student nurse numbers collapse in every English region, ministers decide to make a bad situation worse. Today’s announcement will discourage more people from joining the profession. That means fewer highly-skilled staff on wards and in communities. That is bad news for patient care and undermines the government’s very own NHS reforms."
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Corridor care disaster unfolding in hospitals, Royal College of Nursing says
Executive Director of RCN England Patricia Marquis said: “Today’s figures show a corridor care disaster is unfolding in front of our eyes. Near record numbers are languishing on trolleys after being deemed sick enough to be admitted, whilst thousands cannot be discharged due to a lack of community care."
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Nursing staff and doctors with long COVID ‘hung out to dry’, two years on from ministers being told to act
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: "Healthcare workers who contracted long COVID are facing monumental health struggles, with many forced out of their jobs and into early retirement. This has been devastating, not only to their professional pride but also to their personal finances."
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Nursing staff going into winter ‘running on empty’, Royal College of Nursing warns
Executive Director of RCN England Patricia Marquis said: “A severely depleted nursing workforce is going into winter running on empty, whilst trust leaders sound the alarm that they can’t guarantee high quality care."
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Credentialing
Recognising advanced level practice in nursing
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Ministers must act on growing body of evidence linking nurse numbers and patient deaths, says Royal College of Nursing
Executive Director of RCN England Patricia Marquis said: “This study adds to the growing body of evidence about the link between lower nurse numbers and patient deaths. Ministers need to pay attention and take urgent action to keep highly skilled nurses in the profession."
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League tables will not address crisis in nursing or NHS, says Royal College of Nursing
Executive Director of RCN England Patricia Marquis said: "To raise standards, the health secretary needs to fill tens of thousands of nurse vacancies. Employers want to see a workforce plan for hiring people, when too many are quitting and student nurse numbers are falling."
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RCN Group annual report 2023
Combined RCN Group annual report and consolidated financial accounts for year ended 31 December 2023. Comprising the RCN of the United Kingdom, its trading subsidiary RCN Publishing Limited (RCNi), RCN Holdco Limited, and the RCN Foundation.
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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 and student recruitment collapses."
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RCNi annual report 2023
This is the RCNi annual report for 2023.
