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Royal College of Nursing responds to a Press Association analysis showing a sharp increase in overseas staff working in the NHS
Royal College of Nursing General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “Ministers need to show they value nursing and provide the investment needed to deliver the workforce plan, starting with fair pay, or they risk continuing to miss their targets on cutting waiting times and leave patient care at risk.”
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Nursing union says it’s safe to bet the Prime Minister will fail on his waiting times pledge before election
Responding to the latest data showing the NHS England waiting list sitting at 7.60m, Royal College of Nursing Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “Patients are suffering because the Prime Minister has failed to make real progress on his waiting list pledge. At this rate, it's a safe bet that millions will still be waiting for care when the election is called."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the King's Speech
Responding to the King’s Speech, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Nursing staff are expecting a period of renewal for our health and care services and a reset with government – today’s policy programme is a move towards delivering that."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the new GP contract for 2024/25
RCN Director for England Patricia Marquis said: "General practice is the bedrock of the NHS in England, and its nursing workforce are highly-skilled professionals who keep communities safe and healthy. But sadly, the new contract fails to recognise this, devaluing nursing, undermining patient services and further damaging general practice."
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New data from nursing union reveals almost half of nursing staff working in GP practices received no pay rise last year, despite government promise
RCN England Director, Patricia Marquis, said: "Relations between nursing staff and the government have never been so strained. Nursing pay needs a fresh start – staff report feeling undervalued and undermined after over a decade of pay restraint, and late pay awards."
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‘Top-up' nursing salaries to combat dangerous staffing crisis, RCN demands
The government should make additional payments worth ‘several thousand pounds’ on top of salaries to prevent nursing staff leaving the NHS and tackle an ‘ever-worsening’ workforce crisis, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) says today [Friday 23 February].
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the roll out of Martha’s Rule to hospitals in England
Royal College of Nursing Director for England Patricia Marquis said: “Nursing staff are patients’ greatest advocates and stand ready to ensure Martha’s Rule has an immediate impact and leaves a lasting legacy."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Royal College of Emergency Medicine report on infection prevention and control
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Pat Cullen said: "Emergency departments are crowded, undignified and dangerous. Nursing staff are doing everything possible to keep their patients safe but mounting pressures make everything a relentless battle."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to The King’s Fund report ‘Making care closer home a reality'
Royal College of Nursing Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “The NHS, its patients, and staff experience a drag towards the hospital. That model does not always deliver appropriate, necessary, or safe care and this report clearly demonstrates the level of aspiration required."
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‘Emergency package of measures’ needed following collapse in nursing applicants, RCN tells government
The government must use the budget to introduce an emergency package of measures to support nurse recruitment, says RCN leader Pat Cullen after new official figures from UCAS show a further sharp drop in applicants to nursing courses for the next academic year.
