Press Releases
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05/03/2025
Press Release
ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ responds to amendments to the Employment Rights Bill
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “These amendments will pave the way to ensuring our profession is properly valued. After yet another winter crisis, nursing staff have been working harder than ever and the public know they deserve to be fully recognised for the work they do."
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03/03/2025
Press Release
ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ responds to the King’s Fund ‘Social Care 360’ report
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “At the heart of this is a social care system with funding falling increasingly short while the number of nursing staff is not keeping pace with demand."
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28/02/2025
Press Release
Almost a third of general practice nursing staff left waiting for pay rise, as RCN warns crisis undermining NHS reforms
Executive Director of RCN England, Patricia Marquis said: “Nursing staff working in general practice work at the front door of the NHS and are central to its success, but they are being repeatedly failed by the government when it comes to their pay."
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27/02/2025
Press Release
'Devastating' winter pressures show no sign of declining, says ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½
RCN Executive Director for England Patricia Marquis, said: “Even as temperatures rise, the devastating pressures on nursing staff show little sign of declining. Viruses are ripping through already packed hospitals, leaving overstretched staff without enough beds to place patients."
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26/02/2025
Press Release
Corridor care a year-round tragedy and a symptom of NHS in crisis, RCN responds to Royal College of Physicians survey
RCN Executive Director for England, Patricia Marquis said: “This powerful survey adds to the experience of nursing staff working on the front line. They know only too well the devastating impact of treating patients in corridors, it is undignified, unsafe, and unacceptable."
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25/02/2025
Press Release
ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ responds to resignation of NHS England Chief Executive Amanda Pritchard
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “I wish to offer my thanks to Amanda Pritchard for her dedication and hard-work in leading the NHS through an exceptionally challenging post-pandemic period."
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25/02/2025
Press Release
Cutting overseas aid budget makes us more vulnerable to future global health threats, says ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½
RCN Associate Director: International Nursing, Marcus Wootton, said: “Cutting overseas aid will further damage global health projects and make us more vulnerable to the global health threats of the future. Stronger health systems, with nurses at their centre, reduce instability, and support more stable societies."
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21/02/2025
Press Response
RCN Wales responds to Welsh government final budget for 2025/26
Welsh government announces additional £30 million for social care to target delayed hospital discharges and community care
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20/02/2025
Press Release
Relentless winter pressures expose workforce shortages and lack of beds, says ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½
RCN Executive Director for England Patricia Marquis said: “This record-breaking winter has pushed nursing staff to the edge. Surging viruses have exposed workforce shortages and a lack of beds, whilst an underfunded social care sector is prevented from working with hospitals to discharge patients well enough to leave."
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20/02/2025
Press Release
Unhappy young nursing staff 'ticking time bomb' for NHS, says ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “These findings are a ticking time bomb for the NHS. Young nursing staff are the future of the workforce, but those at the start of their careers are the most unhappy."
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