Press Releases
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12/01/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to latest NHS England performance data
RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “Ministers - including the Prime Minister - have so far refused to acknowledge that health and care is in crisis, yet some of what we are hearing from the frontline beggars belief."
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09/01/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to talks with the health secretary today
RCN Director of Employment Relations and Legal Services, Joanne Galbraith-Marten, said: “There is no resolution to our dispute yet in sight. Today’s meeting was bitterly disappointing – nothing for the current year and repeating that ‘the budget is already set’ for next year."
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09/01/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to government winter pressures announcement
RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said “Without investment in staff, providing more facilities – whether it’s more beds in care homes or hospitals – won’t make a difference. Nursing staff are leaving the profession in their droves and pay is a key factor. To halt the exodus, ministers must pay them fairly.”
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06/01/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the latest NHS England weekly situation report
Responding to the latest NHS England data, RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “Our NHS is at the point of collapse but we have a Prime Minister who is detached from the reality of the situation. Bed occupancy rates are running at dangerous levels – around 95% – with every square inch of hospital space being used to add more patients, yet there are not more nursing staff to treat the ever growing number of those who need care."
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05/01/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to government’s announcement on industrial action legislation and offers to meet
On the government’s announcement on industrial action legislation and offers to meet, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “Curtailing workers’ freedom to participate in lawful industrial action is always undemocratic and we will look closely at what the government releases next week."
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04/01/2023
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Royal College of Nursing responds to NHS pressure and Prime Minister's speech
Responding to NHS pressure and the Prime Minister's speech, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen, writes to health secretary Steve Barclay.
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30/12/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the latest NHS England weekly situation report
Responding to the latest NHS England data, RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “As we begin a new year, the NHS is buckling before our eyes. The pressures are immense with flu cases surging while staff absences rise dramatically."
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23/12/2022
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More hospitals to take part in strikes in January, RCN announces, after UK Government fails to open NHS pay talks
The Royal College of Nursing today announces two consecutive days of strike action in January in England in an escalation of its pay dispute with the UK government. Unless negotiations are opened, RCN members will strike again on 18 and 19 January 2023.
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22/12/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the latest NHS England weekly situation report
RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “Health and care is under huge strain in the run-up to Christmas. These figures suggest there is absolutely no slack in the system, which is dangerously close to overheating completely."
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20/12/2022
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Statement from General Secretary at the end of the second strike day
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen, said: “With the end of today’s strike, a clock is running for the Prime Minister. There are two days for us to meet and begin to turn this around by Christmas. By Friday, we will be announcing the dates and hospitals for a strike next month."
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