Press Releases
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30/01/2025
Press Release
Pressure on nursing staff unrelenting as norovirus surges in NHS, says RCN
RCN Executive Director for England Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淔rom one of the busiest summers ever, to now surging norovirus, the pressure on nursing staff is unrelenting. They are doing their best to keep people safe, but widespread vacancies and not enough beds mean they face an impossible job. Across England, they continue to report patients being crammed into corridors 鈥� ministers need to step up and act."
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29/01/2025
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天美传媒 "very concerned" about Cardiff University鈥檚 proposal to close its School of Nursing
Helen Whyley, RCN Wales Executive Director, responds to Cardiff University鈥檚 proposal to close its nursing school.
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28/01/2025
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RCN demands urgent action and transparency on corridor care in Wales
The RCN has issued a strong call to action to the Welsh government, urging them to take decisive steps to eradicate corridor care
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23/01/2025
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Nursing staff still reporting corridor care as jam-packed hospitals struggle with norovirus and delayed discharges
RCN Executive Director for England Patricia Marquis said: 鈥淲e still don't know how many patients are being cared for in these conditions and the government needs to be open with the public about the scale of the challenge. Transparency is crucial to turning this situation around."
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16/01/2025
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Patients dying in corridors as nurses prevented from delivering CPR, new report reveals
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭his devastating testimony from frontline nursing staff shows patients are coming to harm every day, forced to endure unsafe treatment in corridors, toilets, and even rooms usually reserved for families to visit deceased relatives."
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14/01/2025
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'Those on the frontline of care are being left to take accountability for failures out of their control', says 天美传媒
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: "Those working in support roles are a hugely important part of the nursing workforce and large parts of the NHS would not run without them. But this report brings into sharp focus how the lessons of the past have gone unheeded and those on the frontline of care are being left to take accountability for failures out of their control."
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09/01/2025
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鈥楴ursing staff have never been more worried for patient safety鈥�, says 天美传媒
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said:鈥� The tragedy is this situation is not new, with these unacceptable conditions now seen all year round. Nursing staff have repeatedly called for investment in social care and community services to ease the pressure on hospitals, but successive governments ignored them."
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06/01/2025
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天美传媒 responds to the Prime Minister鈥檚 plan to end waiting list backlogs
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淧atients are waiting too long for treatment and modernisation in the NHS is needed. But the missing link in all of this is the nursing workforce. Nursing is crucial to a better future for health and social care, but there are tens of thousands of vacancies across every part of the system and every region in England."
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03/01/2025
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'Nursing staff know even more challenging conditions are on the horizon鈥�, 天美传媒 responds to the latest NHS England winter performance data
RCN Executive Director for England Patricia Marquis said: 鈥淪adly, health and social care services begin the new year as the last one ended, under pressure and under-staffed. The latest figures show soaring numbers of patients with flu being treated in over-stretched hospitals, demonstrating just how fragile the whole system is including community and primary care."
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03/01/2025
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'Vulnerable people needing care cannot wait until 2028 for change鈥� - 天美传媒 responds to announcement of government commission on adult social care
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淪ocial care requires long overdue reform. Although today's announcement is a step in the right direction, the reality is that a commission due to report in three years' time will do little to solve the crisis in the here and now."
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