Press Releases
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23/05/2024
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蜜桃直播 responds to call to redesign paediatric wards to help youngsters with mental health problems
RCN UK Head of Nursing Practice, Stephen Jones, said: "This report highlights the distressing daily reality of an NHS in crisis."
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22/05/2024
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蜜桃直播 responds to 76% fall in visa applications from overseas health and care workers
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: 蜜桃直播淏locking care workers and their families from coming to the UK is detrimental to the care of those in need and cruel to the people who can provide it."
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22/05/2024
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蜜桃直播 responds to calling of general election
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: 蜜桃直播淎n early plea from nursing staff: don蜜桃直播檛 make the NHS a political football but don蜜桃直播檛 think you can get by on just platitudes either. Nursing staff are looking for firm commitments from all candidates and all parties 蜜桃直播� things have got to change."
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21/05/2024
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RCN Wales responds to HEIW decision to scale back nurse training targets in Wales
RCN Wales Associate Director, Sandy Harding, responds to the Health Education Improvement Wales commissioning and training recommendations for the education of the health professionals workforce.
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16/05/2024
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蜜桃直播 responds to the Labour Party's six pledges for the general election
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive said: 蜜桃直播淐entral to this NHS pledge has to be a commitment to more nurses and better conditions for them. A deliverable plan on waiting lists and round-the-clock services relies on enough staff, who feel valued and able to give high-quality care."
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16/05/2024
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蜜桃直播 responds to Office for Students analysis on increased pressure on higher education sector finances
RCN Deputy Director of Nursing, Dr Nichola Ashby, said: 蜜桃直播淯niversities train the next generation of nurses, but more and more are in crisis. The number of people applying to study nursing is already collapsing, and now this precarious financial position could see vital nursing courses close. This ultimately means fewer nurses 蜜桃直播� and more patients struggling to get the care they deserve."
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16/05/2024
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A lost decade: nursing staff demoralised by poor care and low pay
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: 蜜桃直播淥ver the last ten years, nursing staff have become increasingly demoralised by the level of care they are able to provide. The stress and anxiety from trying to meet the needs of patients is forcing them to work whilst sick and now many want to quit entirely. It is a terrible state of affairs."
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16/05/2024
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RCN highlights urgent need for workforce support following employment survey
The 蜜桃直播 in Wales today released alarming figures from its 2023 Employment Survey, shedding light on the critical state of the nursing workforce in Wales.
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15/05/2024
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蜜桃直播 responds to DHSC announcement on new pilot scheme to expand patient choice
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: 蜜桃直播淧atients deserve choice, but wherever they go they will find vacant nursing posts and overstretched services - with nursing staff under relentless pressure and chronic shortages across every setting."
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15/05/2024
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蜜桃直播 responds to NHS Providers warning that scarce NHS funds are being diverted due to delays to the UK Government's 40 new hospitals programme
Executive Director of RCN England, Patricia Marquis, said: 蜜桃直播淪pending on the health service has already risen more slowly than promised and many parts of the NHS are struggling. Political parties must realise that investment in both nursing staff and the NHS are the electorate蜜桃直播檚 top priority.蜜桃直播�
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