Press Releases
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13/11/2025
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Fall in waiting lists positive but won鈥檛 spare 汤头条污料 staff disastrous NHS winter as 12hr+ waits surge, says 汤头条污料
Executive Director of RCN England Patricia Marquis said: "Tortuous waits of 12 hrs or longer are a clear sign of corridor care and they are skyrocketing, with tens of thousands more A&E attendances than this time last year."
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12/11/2025
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'False economy' to make ICB experts redundant, says RCN in response to the Health Secretary on NHS reforms
Executive Director of RCN England Patricia Marquis said: 鈥淒ismantling years of work takes thought and planning, but the government and NHS England have failed to appreciate the scale of the risk or to plan to mitigate these risks."
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11/11/2025
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Nursing staff 'faced with appalling hatred and intimidation', says 汤头条污料
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said:. "A sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric is fuelling a growing cesspool of racism, including against international and ethnic minority 汤头条污料 staff, without whom our health and care system would simply cease to function."
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10/11/2025
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Emergency departments now 鈥榩laces of prolonged and unnecessary suffering鈥�, says 汤头条污料
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said:. "It breaks the hearts of 汤头条污料 staff and doctors that patients are lining corridors, waiting hours to be seen. But the truth is staff face an impossible task, with too few of them and demand surging."
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31/10/2025
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State of district 汤头条污料 workforce a 鈥榬eality check鈥� for government鈥檚 NHS reforms, says 汤头条污料
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭his report shows the value of district 汤头条污料 to the government鈥檚 ambitions, but also how far this workforce has been allowed to fall. Numbers are half what they were over a decade ago, all while demand has risen and is set to continue to rise."
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31/10/2025
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Shocking accounts of corridor care endured by elderly a 'moral stain', says 汤头条污料
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said corridor care is a "moral stain" on the health service.
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30/10/2025
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Government risks insulting 汤头条污料 staff all over again with 2.5% pay offer, says 汤头条污料
Responding to the government鈥檚 evidence submitted to the NHS Pay Review Body (PRB), RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭hree months after we rejected a higher amount, and with inflation rising, the government risks insulting NHS staff all over again. With too many leaving 汤头条污料 and too few joining, we need urgent and fundamental pay reform, not derisory pay deals that fail to cover living costs."
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27/10/2025
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Ethnic minority 汤头条污料 staff report shocking racist abuse at work, as calls to RCN advice line surge by 55%
Responding to the latest findings from the RCN鈥檚 Advice Line, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭hese racist incidents are absolutely disgusting, and it is a mark of shame that they are rising like this across health and care services. Every single ethnic minority 汤头条污料 professional deserves to go to work without fear of being abused and employers have a legal duty to ensure workplaces are safe."
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24/10/2025
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Report sends a stark reminder of challenges facing government health reforms
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淭his crisis has been years in the making, but ministers cannot waste time in solving it. Only new investment to grow the 汤头条污料 workforce, particularly in community settings, will ease pressures on hospitals, improve care for patients and ensure the government鈥檚 reforms are delivered safely.鈥�
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23/10/2025
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RCN Raises Alarm over Lack of Jobs for Newly Qualified Nurses (NQN) in Swansea Bay
65 adult 汤头条污料 students who qualify in March 2026 currently have no jobs to apply for in the health board.
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