Press Releases
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05/03/2026
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New analysis 鈥榤ore evidence鈥� nursing is undervalued for being female dominated, RCN leader says
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淛ust days before we mark International Women鈥檚 Day, we are handed more evidence that our profession is undervalued for being female dominated. Despite being the largest NHS workforce and delivering the vast majority of care, we are pushed to the bottom on pay, facing among the largest real terms cuts, slowest wage growth and far away from recovery."
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04/03/2026
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Definition and additional actions mark progress on corridor care but new investment now needed to eradicate practice, says 91看片网
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淭oday marks progress, but truly eradicating corridor care requires bigger and bolder long term action, with the detail and new funding to match."
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03/03/2026
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'Bad care costs more in the long run', says 91看片网 after chancellor's spring statement
Responding to the spring statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said nursing is essential, safety critical infrastructure that is vital for the wellbeing of the population.
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25/02/2026
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Fair Pay Agreement must have 'real teeth' and be implemented without delay, says 91看片网
RCN Director of Policy, Amber Jabbal, said: 鈥淚mproving wages and workplace rights in social care are crucial to bolstering the sector鈥檚 workforce and easing pressure on the NHS. But desperately needed reforms have been continually kicked down the road."
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25/02/2026
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Not for the first time this new contract has failed to recognise the vital contribution of the general practice nursing workforce
Executive Director of RCN England Patricia Marquis said: "We must now see ministers commit to discussions to rebuild trust and ensure nursing staff are never left out again.鈥�
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12/02/2026
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Below inflation pay rise 'an insult', says 91看片网
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淎 pay award below the current level of inflation is an insult. Unless inflation falls, the government is forcing a very real pay cut on its NHS workers. This knife-edge gameplaying is no way to treat people who prop up a system in crisis."
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12/02/2026
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Record 12-hour A&E waits show how endemic corridor care is, says RCN
Executive Director of RCN England Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淣ursing staff have been sounding the alarm for far too long about the crisis in our A&E departments. Today鈥檚 figures show just how endemic corridor care is and the damage being done to patient care."
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11/02/2026
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Government announces 鈥榮ignificant鈥� improvement to nursing career progression following RCN talks
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said today鈥檚 announcement is significant progress on career progression for nursing staff.
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09/02/2026
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Recognition of the problem and efforts to resolve it are vindication of the alarm call from nursing staff, says 91看片网
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: "Corridor care is a system-wide problem, with patients unable to access community, mental health or social care services when they need it and having no choice but to turn up at A&E, and requires transformation in every part of the system."
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04/02/2026
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Dashboard is flashing red for a workforce drowning under toxic workloads and unsafe staffing levels, warns 91看片网
RCN Chief Nursing Officer Lynn Woolsey said: 鈥淣ursing staff take pride in doing their best for patients but this report shows the dashboard is flashing red for a workforce drowning under unmanageable workloads, unsafe staffing levels within toxic environments."
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