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Royal College of Nursing responds to NHS Providers warning that scarce NHS funds are being diverted due to delays to the UK Government's 40 new hospitals programme
Executive Director of RCN England, Patricia Marquis, said: “Spending on the health service has already risen more slowly than promised and many parts of the NHS are struggling. Political parties must realise that investment in both nursing staff and the NHS are the electorate’s top priority.”
Updated: 13 October 2024 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to 76% fall in visa applications from overseas health and care workers
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: “Blocking care workers and their families from coming to the UK is detrimental to the care of those in need and cruel to the people who can provide it."
Updated: 20 October 2024 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to call to redesign paediatric wards to help youngsters with mental health problems
RCN UK Head of Nursing Practice, Stephen Jones, said: "This report highlights the distressing daily reality of an NHS in crisis."
Updated: 21 October 2024 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to the latest Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) report on NHS spending during the last Parliament
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: “When investment in the NHS fails to meet demand, it is patients who suffer greatly – even paying the highest price – and, as nursing staff, we are left to try to pick up the pieces."
Updated: 12 October 2024 -
A lost decade: nursing staff demoralised by poor care and low pay
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: “Over the last ten years, nursing staff have become increasingly demoralised by the level of care they are able to provide. The stress and anxiety from trying to meet the needs of patients is forcing them to work whilst sick and ...
Updated: 14 October 2024 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to NHS Confederation survey finding that health leaders plan staff cuts amid ‘substantial’ saving targets
Executive Director of RCN England, Patricia Marquis, said: "The millions that are stuck on waiting lists are proof that balancing the books on the backs of patients is a road to nowhere. Cuts to services harm patient outcomes and cost the NHS more in the long run."
Updated: 29 October 2024 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to proposed update to NHS Constitution for England
Professor Nicola Ranger, RCN Chief Nursing Officer and Deputy Chief Executive said: “Patients are already able to request intimate care from a staff member of the same sex, but in an NHS missing tens of thousands of nursing staff it is nigh-on impossible to accommodate with any consistency. It’s als...
Updated: 30 April 2024 -
Organ donation and the Emergency Department
With the introduction of the Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act on 20 May 2020, the subject of organ donation and transplantation again has a spotlight shone on it. The Emergency Department plays a pivotal role in the admission and stabilisation of patients with a perceived devastating brain injury...
Updated: 28 September 2024 -
Organ donation - critical care perspective
The system of organ donation changed in England (on 20 May 2020) to an opt out system. It is important for critical care colleagues to understand about the law change and what it means to your practice. Also, to know what support and resources are there to help you, when caring for potential donors ...
Updated: 28 September 2024 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to the Labour Party's six pledges for the general election
Professor Pat Cullen, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive said: “Central to this NHS pledge has to be a commitment to more nurses and better conditions for them. A deliverable plan on waiting lists and round-the-clock services relies on enough staff, who feel valued and able to give high-quali...
Updated: 14 October 2024
