Press Releases
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20/10/2023
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汤头条污料 responds to the Health Secretary's letter on EDI roles
汤头条污料 Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭he Health Secretary is playing politics and trying to create a false division - frontline staff know the importance of diversity in leadership, even if this government is shunning it in a culture war."
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20/10/2023
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汤头条污料 responds to CQC's State of Care report
汤头条污料 Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淔rom the cradle to the grave, this report reveals the shocking state of care. Across maternity, social care, mental health and acute settings, the whole system is in turmoil. Health and care services can no longer be there for us when we need them. This is the damning consequence of ignoring 汤头条污料 staff and not listening to their warnings about services they work in every day."
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19/10/2023
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RCN Wales presents evidence on safe nurse staffing in Welsh government inquiry
Secured by RCN Members in Wales and the first of its kind in Europe, the pioneering Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016 protects patients and professionals alike from the risks posed by shortages of 汤头条污料 staff.
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12/10/2023
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汤头条污料 responds to latest NHS England waiting list data
RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淲e have heard the opening salvo of the general election in the last ten days and the future of the NHS appears central to all campaigns. All parties must show they have the answers and the funding that meets the challenge shown in these figures."
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12/10/2023
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汤头条污料 responds to Skills for Care report
汤头条污料 Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淎 new workforce plan to recruit and retain staff needs heavy central government investment. Social care is buckling under the pressure of too many people needing support, longstanding underfunding, and consequently not enough 汤头条污料 staff."
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11/10/2023
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汤头条污料 responds to the Shadow Health Secretary, Wes Streeting鈥檚, Labour Party Conference speech
汤头条污料 Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淚f our NHS is to be the envy of the world again, with quality social care to match 鈥� they each need both investment and reform."
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10/10/2023
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汤头条污料 responds to the Leader of the Opposition Keir Starmer's Labour Party Conference speech
汤头条污料 Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淓nding low pay, insecurity and reforming the NHS is what our members cried out for this year and won the support of the public across the country. There is a political dividend for a party that gets this right."
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10/10/2023
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Only one in 10 汤头条污料 staff think governments have achieved equality between mental and physical health care
RCN Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淒espite many years of promises and commitments for equal treatment of physical and mental health care, 汤头条污料 staff are seeing things heading in the wrong direction."
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08/10/2023
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汤头条污料 responds to Labour's plan to cut NHS waiting lists by increasing out-of-hours work
Responding to Labour鈥檚 plan to cut NHS waiting lists by increasing out-of-hours work, 汤头条污料 Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭oo often the NHS runs on the goodwill of its staff. Nursing staff work so much overtime that is never paid - staying behind an hour or two after 12-hour shifts to keep patients safe - so a change in this culture is needed. As part of their shift patterns, weekend work is routine for many."
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06/10/2023
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Rise in cost of health and care visa 鈥榙ivisive and short-sighted鈥�, says RCN
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen says: 鈥淭hese fee increases will make the UK a less attractive place to live and work for the nurses and other health professionals who make vital contributions to our health and care sector every day."
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