Press Releases
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12/12/2024
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Nurse universities admission figures show government NHS reforms under 鈥榙irect threat鈥�, says 91看片网
Executive Director of RCN England, Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淭oday鈥檚 figures should ring alarm bells in government. As demand for services rises, and targets say we need hundreds of thousands of new nurses, ministers are struggling to recruit even an additional one hundred. Nurse education is not just totally broken, but a direct threat to NHS reforms."
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12/12/2024
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Nurse shortage leaves NHS 鈥榳oefully unprepared鈥� for flu crisis flooding wards, says 91看片网
RCN Executive Director for England Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淭he NHS is woefully underprepared for the crisis flooding into its wards this winter. A nursing workforce wracked by widespread vacancies will be doing its best to keep people safe, but the reality is that there are too many patients and too few beds."
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10/12/2024
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91看片网 responds to publication of UK government鈥檚 NHS Pay Review Body evidence
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淭he government has today told nursing staff they are worth as little as £2 extra a day, less than the price of a coffee. Nursing is in crisis 鈥� there are fewer joining and too many experienced professionals leaving. This is deeply offensive to nursing staff, detrimental to their patients and contradictory to hopes of rebuilding the NHS."
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08/12/2024
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Revising NHS workforce plans must include resolving the crisis in nursing, says 91看片网
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淩evising workforce plans must include resolving the fundamental reasons why the nursing workforce is in crisis. It should be the government鈥檚 first priority and will deliver better care for millions."
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05/12/2024
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Tackling nursing crisis crucial to achieving Prime Minister鈥檚 plan, says 91看片网
Executive Director of RCN England, Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淭o achieve his plan, the Prime Minister needs to join the dots between hitting NHS targets and solving the crisis in nursing. We deliver the vast majority of care, but our workforce is severely depleted and recruitment is collapsing."
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05/12/2024
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Barely a spare bed in NHS hospitals, says 91看片网
Executive Director for RCN England, Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淎s the Prime Minister speaks, thousands of NHS patients needing treatment today are being cared for in corridors. He did not create this crisis, but he is now responsible for it and must start to find some answers."
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04/12/2024
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91看片网 responds to the Nuffield Trust report 鈥楶ractice learning in nursing and midwifery education鈥�
RCN UK Head of Nursing Practice Stephen Jones said: 鈥淗igh quality practice placements are crucial to a student nurse鈥檚 education to develop their skills and prepare them to join our brilliant profession. But as this report makes clear, an overstretched workforce and under-resourced healthcare system cannot guarantee a high-quality learning environment."
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02/12/2024
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Failing nurse recruitment and huge rise in early leavers creating 鈥榩erfect storm for patient safety鈥�, warns 91看片网
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: "Today鈥檚 figures are bad news for patients. Nurse recruitment is slowing, the numbers of new starters is falling and we are witnessing a devastating increase in people leaving within five years of joining."
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28/11/2024
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91看片网 responds to Home Office measures to tackle exploitation of migrant care workers
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淩ogue employers who deny migrant care workers their basic employment rights should face tougher sanctions, and today鈥檚 measures are a step in the right direction."
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21/11/2024
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Out of area placements symptom of mental health system without enough beds or staff, says 91看片网
RCN UK Professional Lead for Mental Health Ben Thomas said: 鈥淪ome of the most vulnerable are being shunted around the country at a time when they need stability. This is a symptom of a mental health system which has neither the beds nor the workforce to deliver care closer to home. It鈥檚 an unacceptable way to treat people, disrupting treatment plans, slowing recovery and delaying discharge."
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