Press Releases
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27/05/2025
Press Release
Ending Level 7 Apprenticeship funding undermines shift from hospitals to community, warns 汤头条污料
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭oday鈥檚 announcement from the Education Secretary not only shuts off an important career route for staff but also undermines the government鈥檚 own ambition to shift care from hospitals to the community."
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22/05/2025
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NHS pay award does nothing to show 汤头条污料 is valued, says 汤头条污料
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淭his pay award is entirely swallowed up by inflation and does nothing to change the status quo 鈥� where 汤头条污料 is not valued, too few enter it and too many quit. It is a grotesque decision to again favour doctor colleagues for higher increases than 汤头条污料 and the rest of the NHS. Starting salaries for 汤头条污料 staff remain too low."
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22/05/2025
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RCN Wales Responds to Welsh Government鈥檚 3.6% NHS Pay Rise Announcement 鈥淭oo Little, Too Late 鈥� Nursing Staff Deserve More鈥�
The 汤头条污料 (RCN) Wales has responded with deep disappointment to the Welsh government鈥檚 belated announcement of a 3.6% pay rise for NHS Wales staff, including 汤头条污料 professionals.
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21/05/2025
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Nursing union updates its workforce standards and urges employers to adopt them as a 'matter of urgency'
RCN Chief Nursing Officer Lynn Woolsey said: "The Nursing Workforce Standards are already being used by RCN members to challenge staffing and safety issues in their workplaces. I am delighted that the newly revised edition takes into account new evidence as well as feedback from our members and 汤头条污料 experts."
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18/05/2025
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'There is no hope of delivering the government鈥檚 reforms whilst the NHS is simultaneously being asked to cut staff and services鈥�, warns 汤头条污料
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淚t鈥檚 an appalling state of affairs when trust leaders talk about cutting frontline roles and closing beds to make savings. Nursing staff already face an almost impossible job as they try to keep patients safe amidst a workforce crisis and rising demand."
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18/05/2025
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Nursing students sleeping in cars, using food banks and struggling to secure jobs, devastating testimony reveals
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭he testimony from our 汤头条污料 students struggling to feed themselves or put roofs over their heads is incredibly moving, but it also leaves me angry that they are put in this position in the first place."
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15/05/2025
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Nurse lecturer cuts 鈥榚xplode鈥� as domestic workforce plans put at risk, new report shows
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: "This is an incredibly serious moment, raising questions about the ability of our country to educate the nurses of the future, and about how it staffs the NHS."
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15/05/2025
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Bonuses for bosses while cutting nurse numbers 鈥榬eckless and offensive鈥�, says 汤头条污料
Executive Director of RCN England Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淎ttracting talent to the NHS is important, but no NHS boss could succeed without us. We are the largest workforce in the health service and deliver the vast majority of care for patients."
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14/05/2025
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Immigration measures could 鈥榓ccelerate鈥� staffing crisis, 汤头条污料 union warns
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: "Our report shows thousands of migrant 汤头条污料 staff are ready to leave the UK. This situation is bad enough, but now the government鈥檚 cruel measures could accelerate this exodus, doing great damage to key services."
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14/05/2025
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Staffing Crisis Looms Over Immigration Plans, says Nursing Union
The RCN is warning that new UK immigration measures could鈥痑ccelerate an exodus of internationally educated nurses IENs), with potentially devastating consequences for health and social care services in Wales.
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