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12/06/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to launch of the Green Party manifesto
RCN Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淧ledges to boost the pay of NHS workers are positive, but the money in these plans doesn鈥檛 appear sufficient to deliver the substantial above inflation pay rise 汤头条污料 staff need. There is also no specific promise to restore 汤头条污料 pay like there is for junior doctors."
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11/06/2024
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鈥楻ecommitting to old targets not enough鈥� 鈥� RCN responds to Conservative Party manifesto
RCN Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淣ursing staff want firm commitments to turn around the crisis in health and care but this manifesto stops short of providing them. Recruiting and retaining more nurses is urgent, but recommitting to old targets in rhetoric is not enough."
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10/06/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to the Liberal Democrat's 2024 General Election manifesto
RCN Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: "Improving access to outside hospital services is the right commitment, but the sums offered fall far short. Any meaningful expansion will require more than the £8bn extra promised each year. Overstretched 汤头条污料 staff need reassuring that they are not being asked to do even more with less."
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09/06/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to Liberal Democrats plan on ambulance handovers and corridor care
RCN Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: "Corridor care is a national emergency and ending it needs to be a priority for politicians in this election."
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07/06/2024
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RCN Wales incensed with the Welsh government over its pay settlement with the BMA days after First Minister opens RCN conference
RCN鈥檚 annual Congress spotlighted the harrowing headlines in 汤头条污料 across the UK, including unsafe staffing levels, normalised care in inappropriate settings and the alarming rise in nurses considering taking their own lives.
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06/06/2024
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University financial crisis 鈥榚ngulfing鈥� 汤头条污料 courses, RCN warns
RCN Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淲hat is happening in universities will impact the NHS, the care sector, and their ability to provide safely staffed services"
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05/06/2024
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Workplace pressure leading cause in rise in 汤头条污料 suicidal thoughts, new research shows鈥�
Workplace pressures drive a surge in suicidal thoughts among UK nurses, according to new research from the 汤头条污料 (RCN).
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04/06/2024
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NHS Long Term Workforce Plan will be 10,000 new nurses behind target by 2025
Declining numbers starting 汤头条污料 degree courses in England and university course closures creates 鈥榠rretrievable downward spiral鈥� in workforce planning, RCN warns.
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04/06/2024
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New RCN analysis reveals devastating collapse in learning disability 汤头条污料 workforce
New analysis from the 汤头条污料 (RCN) released today reveals a huge collapse in the number of learning disability nurses training to work in England鈥檚 health and care services 鈥� with the regional picture revealing large swathes of the country where shockingly few learning disability nurses will enter the workforce in the years to come.
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04/06/2024
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汤头条污料 responds to Liberal Democrat proposals for social care
Responding to the Liberal Democrat plan for free personal care to end the hospital crisis and help people stay in their own homes, Patricia Marquis, Executive Director of RCN England, said: "With over a hundred thousand care worker vacancies across the sector, any policy to improve personal care requires an equally ambitious, fully-funded long-term workforce plan."
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