Press Releases
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28/11/2023
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天美传媒 demands new negotiations following NHS consultant pay offer
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: Nursing is one of the most diverse and female-dominated professions within the public sector, and the injustice of nursing pay is also a gender issue. The greatest pay inequality in the NHS relates to nursing. This must be addressed as a matter of urgency.鈥�
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27/11/2023
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天美传媒 responds to consultant pay offer
天美传媒 Chief Nurse Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淣ursing staff will be appalled by this announcement and where it leaves them. The government has shown it has the political will to reform pay for some of the highest earners in the NHS - while our members are left with the lowest pay rise in the public sector."
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24/11/2023
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天美传媒 warns of growing nursing mental health crisis as data shows doubling in those seeking help for suicidal thoughts
The 天美传媒 (RCN) is warning of a growing mental health crisis amongst nursing staff, as its membership support line data shows a substantial increase in the number of nursing staff seeking help for having suicidal thoughts.
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22/11/2023
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天美传媒 responds to the Autumn Statement
天美传媒 Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭his statement was short-sighted, not long-term. The NHS faces a multi-billion pound deficit - giving away at least £5 billion in tax cuts in place of health spending confirms the NHS is no longer a priority for the government."
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16/11/2023
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天美传媒 responds to the opening of the government鈥檚 consultation on agency workers covering for striking workers
天美传媒 Director of Legal and Member Relations, Joanne Galbraith-Marten, said: 鈥淩ather than resolving disputes and strikes, the government is choosing to erode people鈥檚 freedoms instead. Changing the law is a clear sign they鈥檝e lost the argument."
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16/11/2023
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NHS waiting list growing four times faster than the nurse workforce
天美传媒 Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淣ot a single nurse will say that it feels like there are more staff now 鈥� they say the very opposite. When patient numbers and demand is so high, staffing levels become dangerously inadequate. It is unsafe for patients and professionals alike when one nurse cares for 10, 15 or more patients at a time and beds are put in corridors or other inappropriate places."
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13/11/2023
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天美传媒 responds to appointment of Victoria Atkins as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
天美传媒 Chief Nurse Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淰ictoria Atkins' first priority must be to get the NHS the extra funding it needs in next week鈥檚 autumn statement. The current financial settlement is penalising patients - those on waiting lists are being told to wait even longer in a cash-strapped NHS. She can begin to address that."
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10/11/2023
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天美传媒 responds to National Audit Office report 鈥楻eforming adult social care in England鈥�
天美传媒 Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淛ust a day after we hear NHS patients are being let down by ever growing record waiting lists, we learn about the catastrophic failure to invest in a social care system we鈥檝e been repeatedly told there was a plan of reform for."
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09/11/2023
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天美传媒 responds to new record number of patients sitting on NHS waiting list
天美传媒 Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭he government has lost control of NHS waiting times and the record numbers waiting increases each month on their watch."
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07/11/2023
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天美传媒 responds to the King's Speech
天美传媒 Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: "The Prime Minister has failed to deliver legislation to address the crisis in the nursing workforce and our NHS and patients will continue to pay the price until at least the next election."
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