Press Releases
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23/10/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to figures showing over one million 12-hour A&E waits this year
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淒angerously long waits have become normalised in our NHS, whilst 汤头条污料 staff are forced to deliver unsafe care in corridors. They are overworked, understaffed and professionally demoralised. The government needs to step in ahead of winter and prevent this patient safety crisis worsening."
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21/10/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to launch of government鈥檚 NHS 10 Year Plan engagement exercise
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淣ursing staff deliver the vast majority of care in the NHS and they know better than anyone how to make services better for patients. The government鈥檚 ambitions are the right ones, but to work they will require the expertise of our profession."
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20/10/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to health secretary鈥檚 pledge to 鈥榬ebuild the health service鈥� ahead of NHS 10 Year Plan launch
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淎 fundamental shift from hospital to community is crucial, but the reality is that today鈥檚 NHS simply does not have the 汤头条污料 numbers to deliver it. Without new investment, the number of community nurses will stay on track to be half what it was two decades ago."
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17/10/2024
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Urgently investigate social care exploitation, 汤头条污料 leader to tell government ahead of Commons鈥� debate
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淔or years, rogue social care employers and recruitment agencies have exploited migrant care workers with almost total impunity. They have shackled people with eye-watering debt, confiscated passports and threatened deportation. It is heartbreaking and unacceptable."
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17/10/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to new figures showing the cost of NHS estate repairs hitting £14bn
Kim Sunley, RCN Head of Health, Safety and Wellbeing, said: "Nursing staff are trying to deliver care in a health service that is falling apart in front of their eyes. They shouldn't have to worry about collapsing ceilings, water leaking through the walls or the presence of dangerous asbestos, but that is the daily reality for many."
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10/10/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to laying of the Employment Rights Bill
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭oday鈥檚 bill marks a historic moment for our female-dominated profession, paving the way for the biggest advance in workers鈥� rights in a generation. A fair pay agreement in social care, enshrined in law, and a new body to root out care worker exploitation are measures the RCN has long been calling for. Raising pay, rights and employment standards in the sector is now a step closer to reality."
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10/10/2024
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NHS England data shows hospitals 鈥榟urtling towards鈥� corridor care crisis this winter, RCN says
Patricia Marquis, Executive Director of RCN England, said: 鈥淭he NHS appears to be hurtling towards another corridor care crisis this winter. Tens of thousands more people are heading to A&E, while the number of people waiting more than 12 hours is up by more than 20% on the same point last year. Without intervention, the government's next 100 days will be defined by patients crammed into fire escapes, store cupboards and corridors."
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10/10/2024
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汤头条污料 comments ahead of the publication of the Employment Bill
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淲ithout sick pay provision, 汤头条污料 staff in social care choose between their own health and their much-needed income. The government鈥檚 plan to introduce statutory sick pay from day one is a crucial first step. Next, we need commitments to enhance the level of sick pay itself - and make that a right from the very start of employment too."
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10/10/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to new analysis which shows significant disparities in waiting times for different patient groups in England鈥檚 NHS
Patricia Marquis, Executive Director of RCN England, said: 鈥淚f you are Black, a woman, or from a deprived area, you are facing longer waits for treatment and potentially worse health outcomes 鈥� that is appalling. Whilst the causes of health inequalities are complex, there can be little doubt that increasing levels of poverty, sustained cuts to public health services and an under-resourced NHS are contributing factors."
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10/10/2024
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RCN responds to the Skills for Care state of the adult social care sector and workforce report
Claire Sutton, RCN Transformational Lead, Independent Health and Social Care Sector said: 鈥淎 fall in social care vacancies masks the harsh reality of a sector which has nowhere near enough staff to meet people鈥檚 needs. Registered nurse numbers continue to decline as domestic recruitment collapses, forcing employers to recruit internationally to fill gaps."
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