Press Releases
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15/05/2025
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Bonuses for bosses while cutting nurse numbers 鈥榬eckless and offensive鈥�, says 91看片网
Executive Director of RCN England Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淎ttracting talent to the NHS is important, but no NHS boss could succeed without us. We are the largest workforce in the health service and deliver the vast majority of care for patients."
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14/05/2025
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Nursing union responds to PAC report on the abolition of NHS England
RCN Executive Director of England, Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淲hen it was announced, we warned that the abolition of NHS England must not repeat the chaotic reorganisation that created it. This report shows the government wasn鈥檛 listening and moved too fast without proper consultation."
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14/05/2025
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Immigration measures could 鈥榓ccelerate鈥� staffing crisis, nursing union warns
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: "Our report shows thousands of migrant nursing staff are ready to leave the UK. This situation is bad enough, but now the government鈥檚 cruel measures could accelerate this exodus, doing great damage to key services."
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13/05/2025
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Nursing leader calls for 鈥榰rgent鈥� investment in mental health nursing as 鈥榙egrading鈥� 12h+ waits rise five-fold
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淪everely ill mental health patients waiting days for treatment in stressful and brightly lit A+Es is a scandal in plain sight. These conditions are not 鈥渢he norm鈥� and nursing staff will not accept them."
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12/05/2025
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Nursing leader condemns government immigration measures in major speech
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淢any of you in this hall today started your nursing journey far away. So let me say again: you are more than welcome in the UK. Thank you for bringing your skills to this country and bringing your lives here. You know, more than I ever will, the obstacles, costs and the hostility."
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12/05/2025
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Nursing union welcomes better legal protections for nursing professionals
Responding to the 'protect the nurse' law change, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭his is an important moment for our safety-critical profession, after years of campaigning."
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12/05/2025
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Gen Z key to solving 'ticking time bomb鈥� workforce crisis, nursing leader says
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淵oung people can see the value nursing has to society and they have passion for care and public service. But low pay and the prospect of working in underfunded services mean so few consider it a career for them. Gen Z are the future of our profession and key to transforming health and care for decades to come."
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12/05/2025
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Immigration measures 'pandering and scapegoating', 91看片网 says ahead of Prime Minister's speech
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淢any of you in this hall today started your nursing journey far away. So let me say again: you are more than welcome in the UK. Thank you for bringing your skills to this country and bringing your lives here. You know, more than I ever will, the obstacles, costs and the hostility."
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09/05/2025
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Cutting nurse jobs will cost lives, 91看片网 warns
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淭his is NHS leaders themselves coming clean about the perilous state of the NHS. With just weeks until the biggest government spending review in years, this cannot go ignored."
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07/05/2025
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91看片网 responds to the Centre for Mental Health/NHS Confederation report on moving mental health care into the community
Stephen Jones, RCN Head of Nursing Practice, said: 鈥淎s this study shows, there simply is not the provision to match the rising demand for mental health services. The consequences of this are dire. Patients in crisis are forced to attend overcrowded and stressful hospitals, while overworked and understaffed nursing teams deal with waiting rooms spilling over into corridors."
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