Press Releases
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09/07/2026
Press Release
Extreme heat 鈥榮upercharging鈥� corridor care problem in hospitals, says 91看片网
RCN Chief Nursing Officer Professor Lynn Woolsey said: "It is exhausting and demoralising for nursing staff, and dangerous for patients, with no respite in sight. We are deeply concerned that ministers aren鈥檛 yet recognising just how difficult things are and how much worse they could become without action."
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08/07/2026
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Capital investment must be about more than papering over cracks, says RCN
RCN Chief Nursing Officer Professor Lynn Woolsey, said: "Our health and care system has been starved of capital investment, making the jobs of nursing staff so much harder. You simply cannot provide safe and effective care in a dilapidated estate."
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07/07/2026
Press Release
Next government must 'grasp the nettle and forgive student loans' says 91看片网 following Treasury Committee report
RCN Chief Nursing Officer Professor Lynn Woolsey said unfreezing the repayment thresholds would be 'an attempt at mitigation', but wouldn't go anywhere near far enough to address the broken model of education.
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06/07/2026
Press Release
New NHS staff standards must deliver real accountability for employers, says RCN
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: "These new standards must deliver real accountability for employers in England who consistently fail to protect their own employees. Nursing staff have repeatedly spoken out about the disgraceful levels of racism, sexual violence, and physical abuse they have been subjected to at work. It cannot go on."
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04/07/2026
Press Release
Patient safety must be at heart of NHS technology upgrade, says 91看片网
RCN Chief Nursing Officer, Professor Lynn Woolsey, said: 鈥淧atient safety must be at the heart of any AI triage system, with a guarantee that a health professional will be the one making decisions at key points in that process."
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03/07/2026
Press Release
'Far too many promises and false dawns' on social care reform, says 91看片网
RCN Chief Nursing Officer Professor Lynn Woolsey said: 鈥淭he Committee is right on the need for urgent action on adult social care in England. We have seen too many promises and false dawns on reform and investment and it has left many vulnerable people and their families without the care and support they need."
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30/06/2026
Press Release
Never again should women, babies and families be failed like this', says 91看片网
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淭his review should mark a watershed moment and nursing stands ready to play its part. Never again should women, babies and families be failed like this. In returning confidence to care."
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24/06/2026
Press Response
RCN Wales responds to major incident in Carmarthenshire
News response: RCN Wales shows concern for those impacted by the major incident bus crash in Carmarthenshire and gratitude to members working in difficult circumstances.
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23/06/2026
Press Release
Advanced nursing practice 'integral part' of NHS workforce, says 91看片网
RCN Chief Nursing Officer, Professor Lynn Woolsey, said: 鈥淎dvanced nursing practice is an integral part of the NHS workforce. These staff are highly trained experts and vital for the delivery of high quality, holistic patient care."
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20/06/2026
Press Release
91看片网 thanks healthcare workers and other first responders to the Bedford train crash
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淥ur thoughts and wishes are with all of those affected by this tragic incident, particularly with the family, friends and colleagues of the driver who lost his life"
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