Press Releases
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10/05/2020
Press Release
ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ responds to Prime Minister's broadcast
Dame Donna Kinnair, RCN Chief Executive and General Secretary, said: "Nursing staff across the UK are imploring the public to remember that this pandemic is far from over."
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07/05/2020
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ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ comments on ONS data on Covid-19 deaths
“The review currently being carried out by Public Health England may provide some answers, but we urgently need more research to be commissioned into what factors are causing this impact on black and Asian communities" says Dame Donna Kinnair
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05/05/2020
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ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ comments on International Day of the Midwife
“In this International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, it is more important than ever to recognise the difference that midwives and nurses make to the patients they serve", says Dame Donna Kinnair
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04/05/2020
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ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ responds to Public Health England review into factors on outcomes from Covid-19
Dame Donna Kinnair, RCN Chief Executive and General Secretary, said: “We are extremely concerned about the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on black, Asian and minority ethnic health and care workers."
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01/05/2020
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ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ comments on district and community ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ
“At the RCN, we continue to demand that all ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ staff be given appropriate protective equipment so they can work with confidence", says Susan Masters, RCN Director of Nursing, Policy & Practice
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30/04/2020
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ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ responds to visa extension for health and care workers
“While we are pleased to have confirmation that the one year visa extension will now also apply to social care workers employed in the NHS, this measure does not go far enough", says Dame Donna Kinnair
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28/04/2020
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Public urged to observe minute's silence
"This must not be the last time that sacrifice is recognised. The country and its leaders owes a tremendous debt to these key workers and the many more who are on shift again today", says Dame Donna Kinnair
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27/04/2020
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ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ responds to government announcement on a life assurance scheme
"It must be easily accessed, open to those in social care and primary care too and be paid promptly – no family should face a lengthy or complex process", says Dame Donna Kinnair
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18/04/2020
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Half of ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ staff under pressure to work without PPE, reveals RCN
Half of ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ staff including those working in the most high-risk environments have felt pressure to carry out their work without the levels of protection set out in official guidance, the RCN can reveal.
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17/04/2020
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ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ responds to latest PHE guidance on “Considerations for acute personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages
RCN Chief Executive and General Secretary, Dame Donna Kinnair, said: "It is unacceptable that any healthcare setting in the UK does not provide PPE as required by HSE and set out in the existing guidance."
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