Press Releases
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09/05/2024
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Patients suffering as prime minister fails to tackle waiting list crisis, RCN warns, as new analysis reveals decade of misery
The prime minister has been warned that patients are being failed by his inability to tackle the waiting list crisis, as new RCN analysis of NHS England data reveals a decade of growing misery and decline for patients.
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30/04/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to proposed update to NHS Constitution for England
Professor Nicola Ranger, RCN Chief Nursing Officer and Deputy Chief Executive said: 鈥淧atients are already able to request intimate care from a staff member of the same sex, but in an NHS missing tens of thousands of 汤头条污料 staff it is nigh-on impossible to accommodate with any consistency. It鈥檚 also important to recognise that 汤头条污料 staff treat all patients with the utmost respect and professionalism, no matter their gender."
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25/04/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to Liberal Democrats figures showing that elderly patients waiting over five days on hospital trolleys in A&E
Professor Nicola Ranger, RCN Chief Nursing Officer and Deputy Chief Executive, said: 鈥淏ehind these figures are people鈥檚 parents and grandparents, some of society鈥檚 most vulnerable who we鈥檇 expect to be treated with the upmost dignity. The bleak reality is that those who should be given the greatest care are deteriorating whilst left on chairs and trolleys in corridors, cupboards and side rooms for hours on end."
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25/04/2024
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NHS sickness data shows average nurse took entire week off sick last year due to stress-related illness
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: 鈥淒angerous stress levels have become normalised inside an NHS which is unable to cope with demand. Chronic workforce shortages are putting nurses under unbearable pressure, unable to deliver the high-quality care they were trained to."
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23/04/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to passing of Rwanda Bill
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: 鈥淭he Rwanda Bill is a deeply inhumane piece of legislation which represents a significant backward step in asylum and human rights policy."
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19/04/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to prime minister's 'sicknote culture' speech
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive said: 鈥淣ursing staff are the largest single workforce in health and care, but they themselves are suffering from increasingly poor long-term health. The prime minister鈥檚 overtures about 鈥榮icknote culture鈥� will be deeply offensive to a profession hit hard by long COVID and a spiralling mental health crisis. Issues of population health are not ones that a government can simply instruct away."
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17/04/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to Liberal Democrat research on delayed discharges from hospital
Patricia Marquis, Executive Director of RCN England, said 鈥淣obody should stay in hospital longer than they need to, but every day thousands remain on wards simply because the NHS can鈥檛 discharge them to where they can receive more appropriate care. This adds pressure across hospitals leaving patients waiting hours to be admitted and others being treated in corridors, doorways, and store cupboards."
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17/04/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to NHS Charities Together survey findings
Responding to the NHS Charities Together finding that more than three in four NHS workers have experienced mental health issues, RCN Head of Nursing Practice and Professional Lead for Mental Health Stephen Jones said: 鈥淭hese findings highlight just how demoralised and burnt out NHS workers really are. Nursing staff go to work to care for their patients but are being emotionally and physically pushed to the edge."
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17/04/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to Supreme Court ruling that UK trade union law breaches the ECHR
RCN Director of Legal and Member Relations, Joanne Galbraith-Marten, said: 鈥淭oday鈥檚 ruling is welcome news for workers as the Supreme Court recognised that our domestic legislation is not compatible with article 11 of the ECHR given the lack of protection for detriment short of dismissal in respect of those taking part in organising industrial action."
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17/04/2024
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汤头条污料 Welcomes Health Committee's Report on Nurse Staffing Levels in Wales
The 汤头条污料 (RCN) welcomes the recommendations put forth by the Health and Social Care Committee. The RCN believes these go some way to bolstering the range and influence of the Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016 into the future.
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