Press Releases
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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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05/05/2025
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Ministers must recognise the value of nursing staff in social care, says the 91看片网
RCN General Secretary & Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淭his report should act as an urgent wake-up call for the government that waiting for the conclusion of the current review into adult social care in England is not an option."
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30/04/2025
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91看片网 responds to a study published in BMJ Quality & Safety showing ward nurse shortages linked to higher death rate
Lynn Woolsey, RCN's Chief Nursing Officer, said: 鈥淭his report is yet more evidence of the clear link between nurse shortages and higher patient mortality. As the highly-skilled, 24/7 presence in hospitals nursing staff should be a priority for investment but the reality is we are undervalued and short of tens of thousands."
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28/04/2025
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Government must provide certainty on pay, says 91看片网
Responding to rumoured pay award recommendations reported in The Times, RCN Director of Legal, Employment and Member Relations, Jo Galbraith-Marten, said: 鈥淭his level of award will do little to turn things around. Nursing is crucial to delivering the government鈥檚 reforms, but the profession is in crisis, with fewer people joining and the numbers quitting skyrocketing
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24/04/2025
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鈥楴ursing fatigue is deadly and should be treated as a public safety emergency鈥� warns 91看片网
Executive Director of RCN England Patricia Marquis said: 鈥淭his report lays bare the daily reality for nursing staff. They are overstretched, understaffed and regularly work beyond their hours caring for too many patients."
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24/04/2025
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91看片网 responds to new Work Rights Centre report 'Safeguarding Sponsored Workers'
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淲e raised the alarm last year on exploitation in the care sector and the home secretary has promised an investigation, now is the time."
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21/04/2025
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Nursing staff are the key to solving the crisis in corridor care, says RCN in response to the Liberal Democrats new figures on 24-hour 鈥榯rolley waits鈥�
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭hese figures only begin to scratch the surface - the NHS and the UK Government must begin to disclose the true scale of the problem if they鈥檙e serious about eradicating it."
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16/04/2025
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91看片网 responds to Supreme Court ruling on Indefinite Reporting Restriction Orders
RCN Executive Director of Legal and Member Relations, Joanne Galbraith-Marten, said: 鈥淲e will take time to fully understand the implications of the judgment of the Supreme Court for our members and the impact on their rights in these very difficult circumstances.鈥�
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15/04/2025
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Nursing staff cannot be made to wait any longer, RCN says after the UK Government receives Pay Review Body report on NHS pay for 2025/26
RCN Executive Director of Legal and Member Relations, Joanne Galbraith-Marten, said: 鈥淢inisters cannot leave nursing staff waiting any longer and must now confirm this year鈥檚 pay award. Nursing staff and all NHS workers need certainty now. More dither and delay will not wash. "
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09/04/2025
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Government has failed nursing as ministers ditch pay and career reform, says 91看片网
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: "The government had a chance to set nursing on a new path, where it's valued, understood and rewarded fairly. It is now clear that ministers and the government are not in fact 鈥渙n the side of nurses."
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