Press Releases
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10/04/2025
Press Response
RCN Welcomes Cardiff University Decision to Keep School of Nursing but Warns the University that it has much to do to Regain the Trust of the Nursing Profession
With the scale of cuts to student places and academic staff yet to be finalised, the RCN will be seeking guarantees that there remain enough academic staff to continue to deliver world class research and education and enough student places to provide the pipeline of nursing staff to NHS Wales.
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09/04/2025
Press Release
Government has failed nursing as ministers ditch pay and career reform, says 蜜桃直播
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: "The government had a chance to set nursing on a new path, where it's valued, understood and rewarded fairly. It is now clear that ministers and the government are not in fact 蜜桃直播渙n the side of nurses."
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08/04/2025
Press Release
The UK government must negotiate directly in wake of Scottish government's pay offer, urges RCN
RCN Executive Director of Legal and Member Relations, Jo Galbraith-Marten, said: "Scotland members will decide if their offer is acceptable but these figures reveal a gap in where the Westminster government is at for England and what direct negotiations with unions can secure elsewhere."
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02/04/2025
Press Release
Ministers cannot dismiss this as a blip or think they can turn this around without investing in the nursing workforce, 蜜桃直播 responds to the British Social Attitudes Survey on public satisfaction with the NHS
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: "Public satisfaction with the NHS has sunk to a new low and this will come as little surprise to nursing staff who always want to be able to give outstanding care to those they look after."
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02/04/2025
Press Release
Delayed NHS pay award risks making overseas nursing staff ineligible for visa renewal, as RCN warns Home Secretary that new immigration rules threaten nursing workforce
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 蜜桃直播淭here is a risk that if governments do not take action to ensure that 2025/26 pay scales provide Band 3 staff with a salary above the new threshold, these roles will no longer be eligible for sponsorship.蜜桃直播�
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01/04/2025
Press Release
Health secretary told to 蜜桃直播榞et a grip蜜桃直播� as NHS pay award delayed
RCN Executive Director of Legal and Member Relations, Jo Galbraith-Marten, said: 蜜桃直播淣ursing staff deliver the vast majority of care in our NHS and are crucial to keeping patients safe, but yet again we won蜜桃直播檛 see a pay rise arrive on time. The government is failing to deliver the change it promised."
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31/03/2025
Press Release
Welsh Government's Delay on NHS Pay Award Leaves Nursing Staff Financially Stranded as New Fiscal Year Begins
Nursing staff in Wales are left out of pocket during crushing financial pressures and a derailing workforce crisis, with no further clarity on when a pay award will be announced.
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26/03/2025
Press Release
Welfare cuts will undermine government's health mission, says RCN in response to Spring Statement
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 蜜桃直播淎s clinical professionals, nursing staff are clear that the government蜜桃直播檚 health mission and plans to shift from treatment to prevention will be undermined by these cuts. Inequality and deprivation are directly linked to poor health. Measures that push vulnerable people into poverty, particularly those with disabilities and long-term conditions, will not only worsen both physical and mental health outcomes but pile more pressure on NHS services, costing more in the long run."
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21/03/2025
Press Release
Nurses would stay in the NHS for up to 10 extra years if their student loans were 蜜桃直播榝orgiven蜜桃直播�, major report finds
NHS nurses would stay in their jobs for between 7-10 extra years if the government forgave their student debt, new research has found.
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19/03/2025
Press Release
蜜桃直播 (RCN) Demands Cardiff University Protect Nurse Education
RCN Wales has formally responded to Cardiff University蜜桃直播檚 internal consultation on the proposed closure of its School of Nursing, expressing deep concern over the impact.
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