Press Releases
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24/05/2023
Press Release
Royal College of Nursing responds to the latest NMC register data
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “These figures bear out our concerns over the failure to retain experienced staff. Thousands of nurses are leaving the profession early citing burnout, physical or mental health, and concerns about the quality of people’s care."
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23/05/2023
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Nursing staff across England to vote on further strike action as RCN opens new ballot
Today, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) opens its new strike action ballot which will see almost 300,000 nursing staff across England asked whether they’re prepared to take further strike action over the next six months. The ballot of RCN members working on Agenda for Change contracts in England will ask whether nursing staff are prepared to take strike action in response to the NHS pay award the UK government is implementing for 2022/23 and 2023/24.
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22/05/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Strikes Bill
An RCN spokesperson said: “We continue to oppose this Bill which seeks to curtail the freedoms that workers have to stand up for their rights. The news that the Commons have rejected an amendment which would have prevented striking nursing staff facing dismissal is very disappointing. We call on the Lords to stand by the change they made."
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16/05/2023
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RCN members demand action to ensure nurses can better support victims of LGBTQ+ hate crime
RCN Diversity and Equalities Co-ordinator, Bruno Daniel, said: “The increase in LGBTQ+ hate crimes is deeply alarming but sadly is the reality faced by the UK’s LGBTQ+ community. The victims of homophobic or transphobic hate crimes are loved ones, colleagues, families, friends, and neighbours who may disclose their lived experiences to members of the nursing team when they are seeking care and treatment."
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15/05/2023
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Treatment in corridors and waiting rooms ‘degrading’ for patients, say A&E nurses
The treatment of patients in inappropriate areas such as corridors and waiting rooms is increasingly common and compromises patient safety and dignity, emergency nurses have told the Royal College of Nursing.
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15/05/2023
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Nursing staff call for a complete abolishment of corridor care
Today, members of the Royal College of Nursing have called for a complete abolishment of corridor care at the College’s annual Congress in Brighton.
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09/05/2023
Press Release
Royal College of Nursing announces new strike ballot dates in England
The Royal College of Nursing is today announcing dates of a new England-wide strike action ballot which will ask members employed by the NHS in England if they’re prepared to take further strike action in response to the UK government’s pay offer for 2022/23 and 2023/24.
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02/05/2023
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Letter from RCN to Steve Barclay following NHS Staff Council meeting
At today’s formal meeting of the NHS Staff Council, the representative of the Royal College of Nursing used our votes to reject the government’s pay offer of 16 March 2023
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01/05/2023
Press Release
Statement from RCN General Secretary speaking in the final hours of the current strike
RCN General Secretary Pat Cullen, speaking in the final hours of the current strike and ahead of the NHS Staff Council meeting on Tuesday, said: “Deep concerns over patient safety should be aired every day, not only on the day of a strike. Today was a reminder that our action is always safe and has a belief in safe patient care at its core. Nursing staff are fighting for a stronger NHS that has enough nurses – a health service able to fill the tens of thousands of vacant jobs."
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30/04/2023
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Royal College of Nursing General Secretary comments ahead of nursing strikes
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “The government wants to bring NHS strike action to a close this coming week but with several big unions - and nursing as the largest part of the NHS workforce - still in dispute, it has to do better."
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