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Royal College of Nursing responds to Hewitt Review

Press Release 04/04/2023

Responding to the Right Hon Patricia Hewitt’s review of oversight and governance of integrated care systems (ICSs), RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: 

“Almost every day a new report highlights the crisis in our NHS with patients suffering and staff struggling. We welcome many of the measures set out in this report as starting points to reverse the dramatic deterioration that health services – and those working on the frontline – are facing. 

“Ultimately this report highlights the importance of investing in the workforce - including training for staff and a strategy for the social care workforce. But nothing will be achieved without funding and investment from government. 

“The bottom line is clear and has been highlighted again and again – invest in the workforce. Yet we are still waiting to see the long-promised workforce plan to recruit and retain the nursing staff needed for safe patient care. Without it, our NHS will remain in crisis while patients suffer.”

Ends  

Notes to Editors 

The review in full is available here: The Hewitt Review: an independent review of integrated care systems (publishing.service.gov.uk) 

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