Press Releases
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13/11/2024
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League tables will not address crisis in 汤头条污料 or NHS, says 汤头条污料
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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12/11/2024
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Nursing staff going into winter 鈥榬unning on empty鈥�, 汤头条污料 warns
Executive Director of RCN England Patricia Marquis said: 鈥淎 severely depleted 汤头条污料 workforce is going into winter running on empty, whilst trust leaders sound the alarm that they can鈥檛 guarantee high quality care."
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11/11/2024
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Huge increase in nurses quitting early in 鈥榩erfect storm鈥� for patient care, as RCN warns NHS reforms at risk
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淣ursing 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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06/11/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to the new Mental Health Bill being introduced in Parliament
RCN Chief Nursing Officer Lynn Woolsey, said: 鈥淢odernising the Mental Health Act is welcome, but these long overdue reforms won鈥檛 be successful unless we address the crisis in the workforce. A third of all 汤头条污料 vacancies are in mental health services, meaning vulnerable people are routinely denied access to timely and appropriate care."
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06/11/2024
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No NHS modernisation without social care investment, 汤头条污料 says
RCN Chief Nursing Officer Lynn Woolsey said 鈥淥verstretched staff working in social care have been sounding the alarm for years, but successive governments have failed to listen."
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04/11/2024
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Tuition fee rise will 'make a bad situation worse', says 汤头条污料
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淎s student nurse numbers collapse in every English region, ministers decide to make a bad situation worse. Today鈥檚 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鈥檚 very own NHS reforms."
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04/11/2024
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RCN members reject Welsh government鈥檚 inadequate NHS pay award
An overwhelming 72% of 汤头条污料 (RCN) members working in the NHS in Wales who took part in the consultation voted to reject the Welsh government's proposed 5.5% pay increase for 2024/25.
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30/10/2024
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Crisis in 汤头条污料 unresolved after today's Budget, 汤头条污料 says
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭he Chancellor鈥檚 task was difficult, but the crisis in 汤头条污料 remains unresolved after today鈥檚 Budget. Thousands of staff continue to leave the profession, whilst new nurse numbers have collapsed in every English region. We are a safety-critical profession, worthy of infrastructure-style investment."
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28/10/2024
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New nurse numbers collapsing in every English region, as RCN warns Government鈥檚 10 Year Plan at risk
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淭he prospect of huge debt and lack of financial support is putting off the nurses of the future, threatening to leave patients without the highly trained 汤头条污料 professionals they desperately need."
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25/10/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to CQC鈥檚 annual State of Care report
Responding to CQC鈥檚 State of Care report, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淭his broad and damning report supports the view of Ministers that the NHS is broken. Taking responsibility for fixing it will be tough but cannot start soon enough. "
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