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Press Releases

  • 18/07/2024 Press Release

    ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ responds to the Module 1 Report of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry

    RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: â€œToday’s report will make emotional reading for nursing staff across the UK. The thoughts of our profession are with the bereaved, and those continuing to live with the long-term effects of COVID-19."    

  • 18/07/2024 Press Release

    Nursing applications down 27% in three years, as RCN urges new government to save NHS workforce plan

    RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: â€œNursing is a wonderful and rewarding profession, but huge debt and financial insecurity are putting off the next generation. Patients and nursing staff alike need the new government to come good on their promises to deliver the workforce plan – after its first full year things have headed in the wrong direction at the very time we know the NHS is struggling to retain current staff."

  • 18/07/2024 Press Release

    ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ responds to publication of the Skills for Care Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care

    RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: â€œIt is not possible to ‘fix’ the NHS without addressing the poor state of social care. People are living longer with increasingly complex care needs, but governments of every colour have been unwilling to grapple with this issue for decades. Today’s ministers cannot afford to take the same approach."  

  • 18/07/2024 Press Release

    RCN Wales responds to latest UCAS figures

    Wales is still short of where we need to be, said Professor Sandy Harding, Associate Director, RCN Wales.

  • 17/07/2024 Press Release

    ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ responds to the King's Speech

    Responding to the King’s Speech, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: â€œNursing staff are expecting a period of renewal for our health and care services and a reset with government – today’s policy programme is a move towards delivering that."  

  • 15/07/2024 Press Release

    ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ responds to the NHS Providers’ ‘Lost Generation’ report

    Responding to the NHS Providers’ ‘Lost Generation’ report, Executive Director of RCN England, Patricia Marquis, said: “When NHS leaders say staff shortages are preventing them from delivering services to children - it is time for action."

  • 11/07/2024 Press Release

    Latest NHS waiting list data shows need for action warns ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½

    Executive Director of RCN England, Patricia Marquis, said: “On the same day the health secretary announced a review into the NHS, the need for action could not be clearer. Millions languish on waiting lists, suffering in pain and unable to get on with their lives. It's an intolerable situation and a drag on the economy."

  • 10/07/2024 Press Release

    ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ confirms new General Secretary and Chief Executive

    Professor Nicola Ranger said: “There is an opportunity right now, not just for renewal but to make huge progress and strides forward for nursing and the people we care for. New leadership in Westminster, the regulator and senior parts of the NHS as well as here at the College gives fresh energy and new perspectives on how we work together in the interests of the profession and patients."

  • 09/07/2024 Press Release

    ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ responds to Wes Streeting’s speech supporting the government’s growth mission

    RCN Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: â€œTens of thousands of unfilled nursing jobs has a direct impact on waiting lists and people kept out of work. Research globally and closer to home proves that investment in nursing is good for economic growth as well as patient outcomes."

  • 09/07/2024 Press Release

    ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ responds to the publication of the NMC’s Independent Culture Review

    RCN Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive Nicola Ranger, said:  “The recognition of the failings in this report is a start. But the trust of nursing professionals and patients will only be re-established through immediate and on-going action. We are committed to ensuring that, in future, the NMC represents the modern reality and interests of nursing, midwifery and patients."

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