Press Releases
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17/11/2022
Press Release
Five days for Government to open formal negotiations before strike dates confirmed, RCN says after Autumn Statement
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen said: "It is now more than a week since we announced our ballot outcome and your department has dedicated more time to publicly criticising our members’ expectations than finding common ground and a satisfactory conclusion."
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16/11/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Health Secretary’s remit letter to the Pay Review Body
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: "This letter suggests the government is in denial. Ministers are in a rush to talk about next year when hundreds of thousands are saying they need action immediately and are struggling to live on the current pay award."
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16/11/2022
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the health and social care secretary setting out key priorities ahead of this winter
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “The storm engulfing the NHS is one of staffing shortages. Soaring numbers of people quitting and unfilled jobs is because staff are neither valued nor treated fairly."
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27/05/2021
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Government u-turn on plans for pandemic ban on social care staff moving between care homes
In October last year it emerged the Government was planning to introduce a ban on nursing staff moving between care homes in England to try to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
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26/05/2021
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Dominic Cummings' Select Committee appearance
RCN Chair of Council, Dave Dawes, said: “Failures in planning, decision-making and accountability left nursing staff dangerously short of the protection they needed from the very beginning of the pandemic."
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12/05/2021
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Royal College of Nursing responds to announcement of public independent COVID-19 inquiry
RCN Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: "The PM has assured the nation today that the long-awaited Covid-19 public inquiry will have a statutory footing, which is what nursing staff expect if lessons are to be truly learned."
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12/05/2021
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Royal College of Nursing responds to new study that explores views of healthcare staff on the COVID-19 vaccine
Helen Donovan, RCN Professional Lead for Public Health, said: "We are proud to have worked on this important study to better understand the attitudes, experiences and concerns of health and social care workers to the COVID-19 vaccine."
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29/04/2021
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Royal College of Nursing comments on Sir Simon Stevens stepping down from NHS England
RCN President, Professor Dame Anne Marie Rafferty, said: “He always spoke about nurses and doctors, in that order, and I would like to thank him for the incredible support he has given us as a community and profession throughout the pandemic.
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27/04/2021
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Royal College of Nursing stands in solidarity with nursing staff in India
RCN President Professor Dame Anne Marie Rafferty, said: "In the context of a global pandemic, no one is safe until everyone is safe."
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09/04/2021
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Royal College of Nursing sends condolences on death of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
“The contribution His Royal Highness made to public life in this country for many decades will be his greatest legacy," said Dame Donna Kinnair, RCN's Chief Executive and General Secretary
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