Press Releases
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17/04/2024
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蜜桃直播 responds to Supreme Court ruling that UK trade union law breaches the ECHR
RCN Director of Legal and Member Relations, Joanne Galbraith-Marten, said: 蜜桃直播淭oday蜜桃直播檚 ruling is welcome news for workers as the Supreme Court recognised that our domestic legislation is not compatible with article 11 of the ECHR given the lack of protection for detriment short of dismissal in respect of those taking part in organising industrial action."
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17/04/2024
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蜜桃直播 Welcomes Health Committee's Report on Nurse Staffing Levels in Wales
The 蜜桃直播 (RCN) welcomes the recommendations put forth by the Health and Social Care Committee. The RCN believes these go some way to bolstering the range and influence of the Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016 into the future.
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16/04/2024
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蜜桃直播 responds to the retirement of England蜜桃直播檚 Chief Nursing Officer
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: "Ruth has been the strongest ambassador for nursing over five very difficult years for our profession. We have worked extremely closely in recent years and her personal support and wise counsel has been invaluable."
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16/04/2024
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蜜桃直播 welcomes extension of NHS Practitioner Health scheme
Patricia Marquis, Executive Director of RCN England, said: "We are relieved to see the funding to NHS Practitioner Health extended for a further 12 months. Questions remain, however, as to how the decision to close the scheme to new registrants was made."
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11/04/2024
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蜜桃直播 responds to the latest NHS England waiting list data
Patricia Marquis, Executive Director of RCN England, said: 蜜桃直播淢ore than a year since the pledge was made to cut waiting lists, millions of patients are still suffering in pain and distress. Whichever way you count the numbers, the prime minister蜜桃直播檚 promise is colliding with the reality of an understaffed and under-resourced NHS. This is far from 蜜桃直播榤ission accomplished."
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11/04/2024
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蜜桃直播 responds to University of Bath report on NHS staff retention
Patricia Marquis, Executive Director of RCN England said: 蜜桃直播淭his report tells the story of an NHS workforce at the end of its tether. Devastating nursing shortages are leaving staff burnt out and demoralised, unable to provide the level of care they want to. When nurses are the least likely of all NHS staff to recommend a career in the health service, ministers should sit up and listen."
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08/04/2024
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New pay structure can deliver 蜜桃直播榝resh start蜜桃直播� for nursing, RCN tells government
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive said: 蜜桃直播淣ursing is not a calling. Or a vocation. Or 蜜桃直播榳omen蜜桃直播檚 work蜜桃直播�. We are a profession; we are experts; we are leaders. There is an art and a science to what we do."
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08/04/2024
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蜜桃直播 responds to Unison survey showing widespread sexual harassment of NHS staff
RCN Chief Nurse Professor Nicola Ranger said: 蜜桃直播淭hese figures paint an incredibly disturbing picture. Nursing staff should be able to come to work and expect the NHS to be a safe place - and not face the risk of assault, harassment, or abuse."
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04/04/2024
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Nursing union slams prime minister蜜桃直播檚 'misleading and inaccurate' comments on nursing pay
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: "蜜桃直播 (RCN) members rejected the government蜜桃直播檚 pay offer last year, an offer that was the lowest in the public sector. We remain in a formal trade dispute over pay. Our profession will be greatly angered hearing your comments which sought to take credit for a pay offer that was not accepted."
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01/04/2024
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蜜桃直播 responds to analysis by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine showing scale of excess deaths caused by long waits in NHS emergency departments
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive said: 蜜桃直播淭his crisis is taking lives and nursing staff in England蜜桃直播檚 hospitals are forced to witness it every shift. Go into any hospital, the corridors and cupboards are packed with patients 蜜桃直播� care is not only undignified but fatally unsafe. One nurse told me a lady had died on a trolley in a corridor and it went unnoticed far too long 蜜桃直播� that is the current state of our health service."
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