Press Releases
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28/02/2025
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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: 鈥淣ursing 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
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'Devastating' winter pressures show no sign of declining, says 91看片网
RCN Executive Director for England Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淓ven 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
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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: 鈥淭his 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
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91看片网 responds to resignation of NHS England Chief Executive Amanda Pritchard
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淚 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
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Cutting overseas aid budget makes us more vulnerable to future global health threats, says 91看片网
RCN Associate Director: International Nursing, Marcus Wootton, said: 鈥淐utting 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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20/02/2025
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Relentless winter pressures expose workforce shortages and lack of beds, says 91看片网
RCN Executive Director for England Patricia Marquis said: 鈥淭his 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
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Unhappy young nursing staff 'ticking time bomb' for NHS, says 91看片网
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淭hese 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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13/02/2025
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Nursing staff tell secretary of state how to deliver NHS reforms
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淭he health secretary heard directly from nursing staff about how best to transform our NHS. We are the largest workforce inside the health service, delivering the vast majority of care, and our clinical skills and knowledge are priceless. For the government鈥檚 plan to succeed, our profession must be valued as thinkers as well as do-ers."
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13/02/2025
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Nursing staff face 鈥榠mpossible task鈥� as record numbers wait more than 12 hours for a bed, says 91看片网
RCN Executive Director for England Patricia Marquis said: "Hospitals are jam-packed and patients are lining corridors routinely. A fall in waiting lists is welcome but will be of little comfort to the nursing staff trying to keep patients safe under some of the most extreme pressures in NHS history."
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13/02/2025
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UCAS figures 鈥榟ammer blow鈥� to government鈥檚 NHS reforms as applications to study nursing hit new low, says RCN
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淭hese figures are devastating for the nursing profession and a hammer blow for the government鈥檚 planned NHS reforms. Health services are battling with thousands of unfilled nurse jobs, and the horizon looks bleak - the numbers choosing nursing in England have plunged to a record low."
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