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'Nursing staff know even more challenging conditions are on the horizon’, Royal College of Nursing responds to the latest NHS England winter performance data
RCN Executive Director for England Patricia Marquis said: “Sadly, health and social care services begin the new year as the last one ended, under pressure and under-staffed. The latest figures show soaring numbers of patients with flu being treated in over-stretched hospitals, demonstrating just how...
Updated: 3 June 2025 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to the Prime Minister’s plan to end waiting list backlogs
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Patients are waiting too long for treatment and modernisation in the NHS is needed. But the missing link in all of this is the nursing workforce. Nursing is crucial to a better future for health and social care, but there are ...
Updated: 6 June 2025 -
Patients dying in corridors as nurses prevented from delivering CPR, new report reveals
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “This devastating testimony from frontline nursing staff shows patients are coming to harm every day, forced to endure unsafe treatment in corridors, toilets, and even rooms usually reserved for families to visit deceased rela...
Updated: 16 June 2025 -
‘Nursing staff have never been more worried for patient safety’, says Royal College of Nursing
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said:“ The tragedy is this situation is not new, with these unacceptable conditions now seen all year round. Nursing staff have repeatedly called for investment in social care and community services to ease the pressure on hospitals, ...
Updated: 9 June 2025 -
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Looking at the full picture
RCN Head of Legal (Regulatory) Roz Hooper explains how the NMC’s new approach to investigations will support nursing staff and improve patient care
Updated: 15 October 2021 -
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Meet the nurse who gave world's first COVID-19 vaccine
May Parsons shares how it felt to be in the spotlight
Updated: 31 October 2021 -
'Vulnerable people needing care cannot wait until 2028 for change’ - Royal College of Nursing responds to announcement of government commission on adult social care
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “Social care requires long overdue reform. Although today's announcement is a step in the right direction, the reality is that a commission due to report in three years' time will do little to solve the crisis in the here and n...
Updated: 3 June 2025 -
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Supporting Indian nurses
Suresh and his colleague Coumar have set up an association for Indian nurses working in the UK, empowering its members to progress in their nursing careers
Updated: 15 October 2021 -
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Inside care homes: no longer Cinderella
An award-winning internship programme is encouraging nursing students to consider a career working in care homes
Updated: 15 October 2021 -
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Inside care homes: visits, vaccines and hope for the future
Care home manager Jo-Anne Wilson shares how new rules for visiting and the prospect of vaccination is giving staff, residents and relatives hope
Updated: 15 October 2021
