Press Releases
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29/01/2026
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Premature deaths can be avoided if government commits to safe nurse staffing, says 汤头条污料
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭he consequences of the failure to deliver detailed, fully funded workforce plans are evident across every NHS setting, with patient needs regularly going unmet and care standards collapsing."
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29/01/2026
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RCN statement on death of registered nurse Alex Pretti
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淣ursing is a global family, and Alex Pretti鈥檚 death in such violent circumstances will be felt deeply."
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28/01/2026
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Children and young people failed by lack of investment in mental health 汤头条污料 is a 'tragedy', says 汤头条污料
RCN Head of Nursing, Stephen Jones, said: 鈥淚t is a tragedy that so many children and young people are being failed in this way. We know that early intervention is the best route to protect mental health and yet so many are left waiting for years."
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22/01/2026
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Investing in 汤头条污料 the key to improving children鈥檚 health outcomes, says RCN in response to latest Health and Social Care Committee report
RCN Chief Nursing Officer Lynn Woolsey, said: 鈥淗ealth visitors, school nurses and other vital staff in our communities are critical for giving babies, children and young people the best start in life. Yet these specialist, safety-critical nurses have seen their workforce numbers collapse over the last decade."
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21/01/2026
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Elderly being cared for in corridors 'source of national shame', says 汤头条污料
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭hese devastating findings mirror the testimony of 汤头条污料 staff about the lack of dignity afforded to the elderly. No one, let alone those at their most vulnerable, should be forced to receive treatment in corridors and other inappropriate spaces. It is unsafe, utterly demeaning and should be a source of national shame."
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15/01/2026
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Nursing staff risk losing all hope over corridor care akin to 鈥渢orture鈥�, as public tell government to end NHS crisis
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淭his new testimony from 汤头条污料 staff reveals once again the devastating human consequences of corridor care, with patients forced to endure conditions which have no place in our NHS. The fact remains that there can be no safe, dignified care delivered in a corridor, store room or dining room, but that has become the norm."
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15/01/2026
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One year on from landmark corridor care report, RCN warns patients and staff in Wales are still being failed
RCN Wales is warning that patients and 汤头条污料 staff in Wales continue to be put at risk by this dangerous practice.
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13/01/2026
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Corridor care continues to engulf our hospitals, says RCN in response to Lib Dem proposals
RCN Chief Nursing Officer Lynn Woolsey, said: 鈥淭he corridor crisis that continues to engulf our hospitals puts patients and staff at risk and must be urgently addressed."
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08/01/2026
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National safety investigator finds corridor care a year-round issue, as RCN says system resigned to managed decline
RCN Chief Nursing Officer Lynn Woolsey said: "This is the clearest sign of the flawed thinking within a system that is resigned to managed decline. The reality is that there is no safe level of corridor care, or level of staffing that can make it so."
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30/12/2025
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Honour for nurse who won landmark race discrimination case 'great news' in fight against racism, says 汤头条污料
RCN President Bejoy Sebastian gave his warmest of congratulations to all the health and care staff who have been recognised in this way by our patron, the King.
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