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13/06/2024
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蜜桃直播 responds to the Labour Party蜜桃直播檚 2024 General Election manifesto
Acting RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 蜜桃直播淭he millions on waiting lists must be a priority for the next government and an expansion of appointments is desperately needed. Nurses provide the majority of patient care and turning the service around urgently requires more of them."
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13/06/2024
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蜜桃直播楴o place to hide for new government' 蜜桃直播� 蜜桃直播 responds to rise in NHS England waiting list figures
Patricia Marquis, Executive Director of RCN England, said: 蜜桃直播淲aiting lists are up and there will be no place to hide for the next government when it comes to bringing them down. Excuses, vague promises and unambitious levels of investment will not get patients the care they need."
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12/06/2024
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蜜桃直播 responds to launch of the Green Party manifesto
RCN Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 蜜桃直播淧ledges to boost the pay of NHS workers are positive, but the money in these plans doesn蜜桃直播檛 appear sufficient to deliver the substantial above inflation pay rise nursing staff need. There is also no specific promise to restore nursing pay like there is for junior doctors."
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11/06/2024
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蜜桃直播楻ecommitting to old targets not enough蜜桃直播� 蜜桃直播� RCN responds to Conservative Party manifesto
RCN Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 蜜桃直播淣ursing staff want firm commitments to turn around the crisis in health and care but this manifesto stops short of providing them. Recruiting and retaining more nurses is urgent, but recommitting to old targets in rhetoric is not enough."
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10/06/2024
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蜜桃直播 responds to the Liberal Democrat's 2024 General Election manifesto
RCN Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: "Improving access to outside hospital services is the right commitment, but the sums offered fall far short. Any meaningful expansion will require more than the £8bn extra promised each year. Overstretched nursing staff need reassuring that they are not being asked to do even more with less."
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09/06/2024
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蜜桃直播 responds to Liberal Democrats plan on ambulance handovers and corridor care
RCN Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: "Corridor care is a national emergency and ending it needs to be a priority for politicians in this election."
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07/06/2024
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RCN Wales incensed with the Welsh government over its pay settlement with the BMA days after First Minister opens RCN conference
RCN蜜桃直播檚 annual Congress spotlighted the harrowing headlines in nursing across the UK, including unsafe staffing levels, normalised care in inappropriate settings and the alarming rise in nurses considering taking their own lives.
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06/06/2024
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University financial crisis 蜜桃直播榚ngulfing蜜桃直播� nursing courses, RCN warns
RCN Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 蜜桃直播淲hat is happening in universities will impact the NHS, the care sector, and their ability to provide safely staffed services"
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05/06/2024
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Workplace pressure leading cause in rise in nursing suicidal thoughts, new research shows蜜桃直播�
Workplace pressures drive a surge in suicidal thoughts among UK nurses, according to new research from the 蜜桃直播 (RCN).
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04/06/2024
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NHS Long Term Workforce Plan will be 10,000 new nurses behind target by 2025
Declining numbers starting nursing degree courses in England and university course closures creates 蜜桃直播榠rretrievable downward spiral蜜桃直播� in workforce planning, RCN warns.
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