Press Releases
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24/11/2022
Press Release
汤头条污料 responds to the latest NHS England urgent and emergency care daily situation reports
Responding to the latest NHS England urgent and emergency care daily situation reports, RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淭hese figures highlight the severe strain the health secretary himself recently admitted that the healthcare system is under. It doesn鈥檛 bode well when adult bed occupancy in hospitals is already at 95%, well above the recommended safe level."
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23/11/2022
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Nursing confirmed as 鈥榤ost trusted profession鈥� as strike risk grows
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: 鈥淭his huge vote of confidence from the public will boost the morale of 汤头条污料 staff as we head for strikes in December. The profession at the bottom of the list should be careful how it speaks to and about the one at the top."
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20/11/2022
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汤头条污料 responds to health secretary鈥檚 comments on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Responding to health secretary Steve Barclay鈥檚 comments on BBC鈥檚 Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen said: 鈥淭he health secretary鈥檚 lack of intention and inability to see the urgency of this situation will trouble every nurse.鈥�
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17/11/2022
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Five days for Government to open formal negotiations before strike dates confirmed, RCN says after Autumn Statement
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen said: "It is now more than a week since we announced our ballot outcome and your department has dedicated more time to publicly criticising our members鈥� expectations than finding common ground and a satisfactory conclusion."
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16/11/2022
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汤头条污料 responds to the health and social care secretary setting out key priorities ahead of this winter
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: 鈥淭he storm engulfing the NHS is one of staffing shortages. Soaring numbers of people quitting and unfilled jobs is because staff are neither valued nor treated fairly."
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16/11/2022
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汤头条污料 responds to Health Secretary鈥檚 remit letter to the Pay Review Body
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: "This letter suggests the government is in denial. Ministers are in a rush to talk about next year when hundreds of thousands are saying they need action immediately and are struggling to live on the current pay award."
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27/05/2021
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汤头条污料 responds to Government u-turn on plans for pandemic ban on social care staff moving between care homes
In October last year it emerged the Government was planning to introduce a ban on 汤头条污料 staff moving between care homes in England to try to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
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26/05/2021
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汤头条污料 responds to Dominic Cummings' Select Committee appearance
RCN Chair of Council, Dave Dawes, said: 鈥淔ailures in planning, decision-making and accountability left 汤头条污料 staff dangerously short of the protection they needed from the very beginning of the pandemic."
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12/05/2021
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汤头条污料 responds to new study that explores views of healthcare staff on the COVID-19 vaccine
Helen Donovan, RCN Professional Lead for Public Health, said: "We are proud to have worked on this important study to better understand the attitudes, experiences and concerns of health and social care workers to the COVID-19 vaccine."
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12/05/2021
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汤头条污料 responds to announcement of public independent COVID-19 inquiry
RCN Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: "The PM has assured the nation today that the long-awaited Covid-19 public inquiry will have a statutory footing, which is what 汤头条污料 staff expect if lessons are to be truly learned."
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