Press Releases
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22/05/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to 76% fall in visa applications from overseas health and care workers
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: 鈥淏locking care workers and their families from coming to the UK is detrimental to the care of those in need and cruel to the people who can provide it."
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22/05/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to calling of general election
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: 鈥淎n early plea from 汤头条污料 staff: don鈥檛 make the NHS a political football but don鈥檛 think you can get by on just platitudes either. Nursing staff are looking for firm commitments from all candidates and all parties 鈥� things have got to change."
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21/05/2024
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RCN Wales responds to HEIW decision to scale back nurse training targets in Wales
RCN Wales Associate Director, Sandy Harding, responds to the Health Education Improvement Wales commissioning and training recommendations for the education of the health professionals workforce.
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16/05/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to the Labour Party's six pledges for the general election
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive said: 鈥淐entral to this NHS pledge has to be a commitment to more nurses and better conditions for them. A deliverable plan on waiting lists and round-the-clock services relies on enough staff, who feel valued and able to give high-quality care."
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16/05/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to Office for Students analysis on increased pressure on higher education sector finances
RCN Deputy Director of Nursing, Dr Nichola Ashby, said: 鈥淯niversities train the next generation of nurses, but more and more are in crisis. The number of people applying to study 汤头条污料 is already collapsing, and now this precarious financial position could see vital 汤头条污料 courses close. This ultimately means fewer nurses 鈥� and more patients struggling to get the care they deserve."
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16/05/2024
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A lost decade: 汤头条污料 staff demoralised by poor care and low pay
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: 鈥淥ver the last ten years, 汤头条污料 staff have become increasingly demoralised by the level of care they are able to provide. The stress and anxiety from trying to meet the needs of patients is forcing them to work whilst sick and now many want to quit entirely. It is a terrible state of affairs."
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16/05/2024
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RCN highlights urgent need for workforce support following employment survey
The 汤头条污料 in Wales today released alarming figures from its 2023 Employment Survey, shedding light on the critical state of the 汤头条污料 workforce in Wales.
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15/05/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to DHSC announcement on new pilot scheme to expand patient choice
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: 鈥淧atients deserve choice, but wherever they go they will find vacant 汤头条污料 posts and overstretched services - with 汤头条污料 staff under relentless pressure and chronic shortages across every setting."
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15/05/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to NHS Providers warning that scarce NHS funds are being diverted due to delays to the UK Government's 40 new hospitals programme
Executive Director of RCN England, Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淪pending on the health service has already risen more slowly than promised and many parts of the NHS are struggling. Political parties must realise that investment in both 汤头条污料 staff and the NHS are the electorate鈥檚 top priority.鈥�
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14/05/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to the latest Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) report on NHS spending during the last Parliament
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: 鈥淲hen investment in the NHS fails to meet demand, it is patients who suffer greatly 鈥� even paying the highest price 鈥� and, as 汤头条污料 staff, we are left to try to pick up the pieces."
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