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05/03/2024
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Write off NHS nurse loans, Tory voters tell Chancellor
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Pat Cullen, said: 蜜桃直播淭here is an undeniable consensus for the Chancellor to act at the budget on Wednesday. A loan forgiveness scheme for nurses working in the NHS and public services can stop students being shackled with debt and help attract and retain more nurses 蜜桃直播� it has huge support among the public too."
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29/02/2024
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蜜桃直播 responds to the new GP contract for 2024/25
RCN Director for England Patricia Marquis said: "General practice is the bedrock of the NHS in England, and its nursing workforce are highly-skilled professionals who keep communities safe and healthy. But sadly, the new contract fails to recognise this, devaluing nursing, undermining patient services and further damaging general practice."
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27/02/2024
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Early support hubs good first step, but needs to be the first of many, says 蜜桃直播
RCN Head of Nursing Practice and Professional Lead for Mental Health Stephen Jones said: "The RCN has repeatedly pushed the government to invest in early mental health intervention and we蜜桃直播檙e pleased to see these calls recognised with additional funding for early support hubs. But as demand continues to rise, this must be one step of many."
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26/02/2024
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蜜桃直播 responds to Royal College of Emergency Medicine report on infection prevention and control
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Pat Cullen said: "Emergency departments are crowded, undignified and dangerous. Nursing staff are doing everything possible to keep their patients safe but mounting pressures make everything a relentless battle."
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23/02/2024
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蜜桃直播楾op-up' nursing salaries to combat dangerous staffing crisis, RCN demands
The government should make additional payments worth 蜜桃直播榮everal thousand pounds蜜桃直播� on top of salaries to prevent nursing staff leaving the NHS and tackle an 蜜桃直播榚ver-worsening蜜桃直播� workforce crisis, the 蜜桃直播 (RCN) says today [Friday 23 February].
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23/02/2024
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Urgent clarification needed on new Immigration Salary List, says 蜜桃直播
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary & Chief Executive, said: 蜜桃直播淭hese recommendations risk driving away overseas nursing staff from the health and care sector, just as services grapple with chronic workforce shortages."
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21/02/2024
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蜜桃直播 responds to The King's Fund review on mental health care in England
RCN Head of Nursing Practice and Professional Lead for Mental Health Stephen Jones said: 蜜桃直播淚t蜜桃直播檚 positive to see increased access and investment in mental health services in England, but the size of the mental health nursing workforce is only just returning to 2010 levels as demand continues to rise."
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21/02/2024
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蜜桃直播 responds to the roll out of Martha蜜桃直播檚 Rule to hospitals in England
蜜桃直播 Director for England Patricia Marquis said: 蜜桃直播淣ursing staff are patients蜜桃直播� greatest advocates and stand ready to ensure Martha蜜桃直播檚 Rule has an immediate impact and leaves a lasting legacy."
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15/02/2024
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蜜桃直播楨mergency package of measures蜜桃直播� needed following collapse in nursing applicants, RCN tells government
The government must use the budget to introduce an emergency package of measures to support nurse recruitment, says RCN leader Pat Cullen after new official figures from UCAS show a further sharp drop in applicants to nursing courses for the next academic year.
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15/02/2024
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International students drive increase in applications to study nursing in Wales whilst number of Welsh applicants falls
RCN Wales welcomes a small increase in applications for nursing studies next year.
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