Press Releases
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27/03/2019
Press Response
Royal College of Nursing responds to Labour Party analysis of numbers leaving nursing
Health and care services are losing thousands of experienced, dedicated nursing staff who feel as if no one is sufficiently listening to their concerns, said Dame Donna Kinnair
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26/03/2019
Press Response
Royal College of Nursing responds to NIHR review into safe staffing in hospitals
Dame Donna Kinnair, Acting Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, said: “The NIHR’s review adds to the important body of existing evidence that too few registered nurses on wards can lead to patient harm, and even death."
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22/03/2019
Press Release
Royal College of Nursing backs new scheme to dispel insurance worries for GP nursing staff
Royal College of Nursing backs new scheme to dispel insurance worries for GP nursing staff
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21/03/2019
Press Response
Royal College of Nursing comments on 'Closing the Gap' report on NHS-workforce
Dame Donna Kinnair, Acting Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, said: “The staggering numbers in this report should cause alarm in Whitehall and focus the minds of Ministers on the cash they must put on the table to close the gaps."
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11/03/2019
Press Release
Royal College of Nursing responds to NHS England clinical standards pilot
Dame Donna Kinnair, Acting Chief Executive of the Royal College of Nursing, said: “These proposals for pilots have been drawn up in consultation with clinicians, and we back the approach of treating the sickest patients fastest."
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07/03/2019
Press Response
Royal College of Nursing responds to Home Office extending salary exemption for international nurses
RCN Acting Chief Executive and General Secretary Dame Donna Kinnair said: “On the same day we learn that the number of unfilled nurse jobs has risen year on year, the importance of this decision cannot be underestimated."
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07/03/2019
Press Release
Royal College of Nursing comments on latest NHS Improvement performance figures
Royal College of Nursing Acting Chief Executive Dame Donna Kinnair said: “It’s very disappointing that there are over 3,000 more nursing vacancies in the NHS in England than this time last year"
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07/03/2019
Press Release
Royal College of Nursing responds to the British Social Attitudes survey
Royal College of Nursing to the British Social Attitudes survey
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14/02/2019
Press Release
Royal College of Nursing responds to NHS Combined Performance Summary
Patricia Marquis, Director of the Royal College of Nursing in England, said: “Speak to anybody at the coalface and they will tell you that it’s patients who are paying the price for the lack of staff and overcrowding at A&Es."
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30/01/2019
Press Release
RCN publishes framework for safeguarding children and young people
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN), alongside over 20 health organisations including the Royal College of General Practitioners, Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Institute of Health Visiting, has today published new safeguarding guidance for healthcare staff responsible for the care and protection of children and young people.
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