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Welfare cuts will undermine government's health mission, says RCN in response to Spring Statement
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “As clinical professionals, nursing staff are clear that the government’s health mission and plans to shift from treatment to prevention will be undermined by these cuts. Inequality and deprivation are directly linked to poor health. Measures that push vulnerable people into poverty, particularly those with disabilities and long-term conditions, will not only worsen both physical and mental health outcomes but pile more pressure on NHS services, costing more in the long run."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to government plan to abolish NHS England
Professor Nicola Ranger, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: “The chaotic reorganisation that created NHS England cost billions and took money and attention away from clinical care. Nobody can afford a repeat now that NHS performance is already at a historic low and money is scarce."
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The King celebrates 1,000th nursing cadet as scheme renamed in his honour
Professor Nicola Ranger, Royal College of Nursing Chief Executive & General Secretary said: “We are delighted to have been joined by His Majesty as we rename the cadet scheme and celebrate our wonderful cadets from across the UK. Nursing is an incredible career and the support of His Majesty has inspired young people to begin their journey working in healthcare."
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Nurses would stay in the NHS for up to 10 extra years if their student loans were ‘forgiven’, major report finds
NHS nurses would stay in their jobs for between 7-10 extra years if the government forgave their student debt, new research has found.
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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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Cuts to ICBs could put patient safety at risk, warns Royal College of Nursing
Executive Director of RCN England Patricia Marquis said: “Nursing staff in ICBs have led the way in planning and commissioning local health care. They are not only central to the safe delivery of services for patients, but also in designing the services of the future. At a time of huge transformation, their expertise is priceless and we cannot afford to lose them in a cost-cutting exercise."
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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.
