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Royal College of Nursing responds to the new Mental Health Bill being introduced in Parliament
RCN Chief Nursing Officer Lynn Woolsey, said: “Modernising the Mental Health Act is welcome, but these long overdue reforms won’t be successful unless we address the crisis in the workforce. A third of all nursing vacancies are in mental health services, meaning vulnerable people are routinely denied access to timely and appropriate care."
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Ways we can help during COVID-19
Ways we can help nurses, midwives and nursing support workers during this difficult and unprecedented time.
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No NHS modernisation without social care investment, Royal College of Nursing says
RCN Chief Nursing Officer Lynn Woolsey said “Overstretched staff working in social care have been sounding the alarm for years, but successive governments have failed to listen."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Home Office measures to tackle exploitation of migrant care workers
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “Rogue employers who deny migrant care workers their basic employment rights should face tougher sanctions, and today’s measures are a step in the right direction."
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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."
