Press Releases
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10/02/2021
Press Release
RCN responds to Public Accounts Committee report on Government procurement and supply of PPE
RCN Chief Executive and General Secretary, Dame Donna Kinnair, said: “The government must now ensure all nursing staff, wherever they work, have the highest level of protection so they never again are forced to work while putting themselves at risk.”
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09/02/2021
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More support needed for health and care workers outside the NHS, warns RCN as it reveals key staff ‘slipping through the net’
RCN Chief Executive and General Secretary, Dame Donna Kinnair, said: "Employers are ultimately responsible for ensuring all their staff are able to access the vaccine. But the Government must intervene now, as our members have proven this is clearly not the case."
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26/01/2021
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Royal College of Nursing comments on the UK passing 100,000 deaths from COVID-19
Dame Donna Kinnair, RCN Chief Executive and General Secretary, said: “All those who died in hospital and care homes would have got expert care from nursing staff in their final days and hours."
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25/01/2021
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Royal College of Nursing responds to ONS data on COVID-19 deaths of nursing staff
RCN Chief Executive and General Secretary, Dame Donna Kinnair, said: “Only with quality information and proper reporting can we have confidence that the full loss of life is known, and no family feels their loved one has been forgotten."
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23/01/2021
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Government indecision means nursing staff facing postcode lottery in PPE protection
Dame Donna Kinnair, Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing said: “The Government’s silence on this issue is creating a postcode lottery for nursing staff whereby some working on wards have access to the higher-grade face masks and others do not."
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06/01/2021
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RCN responds to the Prime Minister's statement on public sector workers and nursing staff in the House of Commons today
RCN Chief Executive and General Secretary, Dame Donna Kinnair, said: "It cannot be right that ten months into this pandemic, our nursing staff are still worse off than ten years ago."
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05/01/2021
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Royal College of Nursing responds to expanding the NMC register to more overseas-trained nurses
Dame Donna Kinnair, RCN Chief Executive and General Secretary, said: “These measures are vital to expand the nursing workforce temporarily and help services in providing the highest level of care to patients."
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01/01/2021
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Royal College of Nursing responds to Prime Minister's statement on public sector workers and nursing staff
“There is little room for complacency about the increases to nurse numbers last year - they aren’t yet sufficient and are inflated by staff who came back to work in the pandemic."
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09/12/2020
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Royal College of Nursing responds to new Health Foundation report
RCN Chief Executive and General Secretary Dame Donna Kinnair, said: “This independent report paints a bleak picture but it is one our nursing staff know all too well."
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08/12/2020
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Royal College of Nursing responds to roll out of the COVID-19 vaccine
Dame Donna Kinnair, RCN Chief Executive and General Secretary, said: “I’m incredibly proud that nursing staff will be at the very heart of the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine."
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