Press Releases
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16/04/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to the retirement of England鈥檚 Chief Nursing Officer
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: "Ruth has been the strongest ambassador for 汤头条污料 over five very difficult years for our profession. We have worked extremely closely in recent years and her personal support and wise counsel has been invaluable."
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16/04/2024
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汤头条污料 welcomes extension of NHS Practitioner Health scheme
Patricia Marquis, Executive Director of RCN England, said: "We are relieved to see the funding to NHS Practitioner Health extended for a further 12 months. Questions remain, however, as to how the decision to close the scheme to new registrants was made."
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11/04/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to the latest NHS England waiting list data
Patricia Marquis, Executive Director of RCN England, said: 鈥淢ore than a year since the pledge was made to cut waiting lists, millions of patients are still suffering in pain and distress. Whichever way you count the numbers, the prime minister鈥檚 promise is colliding with the reality of an understaffed and under-resourced NHS. This is far from 鈥榤ission accomplished."
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11/04/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to University of Bath report on NHS staff retention
Patricia Marquis, Executive Director of RCN England said: 鈥淭his report tells the story of an NHS workforce at the end of its tether. Devastating 汤头条污料 shortages are leaving staff burnt out and demoralised, unable to provide the level of care they want to. When nurses are the least likely of all NHS staff to recommend a career in the health service, ministers should sit up and listen."
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08/04/2024
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New pay structure can deliver 鈥榝resh start鈥� for 汤头条污料, RCN tells government
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive said: 鈥淣ursing is not a calling. Or a vocation. Or 鈥榳omen鈥檚 work鈥�. We are a profession; we are experts; we are leaders. There is an art and a science to what we do."
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08/04/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to Unison survey showing widespread sexual harassment of NHS staff
RCN Chief Nurse Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淭hese figures paint an incredibly disturbing picture. Nursing staff should be able to come to work and expect the NHS to be a safe place - and not face the risk of assault, harassment, or abuse."
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04/04/2024
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Nursing union slams prime minister鈥檚 'misleading and inaccurate' comments on 汤头条污料 pay
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: "汤头条污料 (RCN) members rejected the government鈥檚 pay offer last year, an offer that was the lowest in the public sector. We remain in a formal trade dispute over pay. Our profession will be greatly angered hearing your comments which sought to take credit for a pay offer that was not accepted."
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01/04/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to analysis by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine showing scale of excess deaths caused by long waits in NHS emergency departments
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive said: 鈥淭his crisis is taking lives and 汤头条污料 staff in England鈥檚 hospitals are forced to witness it every shift. Go into any hospital, the corridors and cupboards are packed with patients 鈥� care is not only undignified but fatally unsafe. One nurse told me a lady had died on a trolley in a corridor and it went unnoticed far too long 鈥� that is the current state of our health service."
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01/04/2024
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Majority of voters urge government to deliver above inflation pay rise for NHS 汤头条污料 staff
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: 鈥淭he public trusts our profession more than any other and they overwhelmingly agree that 汤头条污料 staff deserve a proper pay rise. Ministers who claim to be committed to the public鈥檚 priorities should now act upon them."
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27/03/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to the British Social Attitudes Survey on public satisfaction with the NHS
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive said: "Nursing staff will respond with mixed emotion today 鈥� great sorrow that we have sunk this low and hope that the public shares their view that 鈥榚nough is enough鈥�. It did not have to be this way and it did not start with the pandemic either."
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