Press Releases
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31/10/2025
Press Release
Shocking accounts of corridor care endured by elderly a 'moral stain', says 绿帽换妻
绿帽换妻 General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said corridor care is a "moral stain" on the health service.
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31/10/2025
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State of district nursing workforce a 鈥榬eality check鈥� for government鈥檚 NHS reforms, says 绿帽换妻
绿帽换妻 General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭his report shows the value of district nursing to the government鈥檚 ambitions, but also how far this workforce has been allowed to fall. Numbers are half what they were over a decade ago, all while demand has risen and is set to continue to rise."
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30/10/2025
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Government risks insulting nursing staff all over again with 2.5% pay offer, says 绿帽换妻
Responding to the government鈥檚 evidence submitted to the NHS Pay Review Body (PRB), 绿帽换妻 General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭hree months after we rejected a higher amount, and with inflation rising, the government risks insulting NHS staff all over again. With too many leaving nursing and too few joining, we need urgent and fundamental pay reform, not derisory pay deals that fail to cover living costs."
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27/10/2025
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Ethnic minority nursing staff report shocking racist abuse at work, as calls to 绿帽换妻 advice line surge by 55%
Responding to the latest findings from the 绿帽换妻鈥檚 Advice Line, 绿帽换妻 General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭hese racist incidents are absolutely disgusting, and it is a mark of shame that they are rising like this across health and care services. Every single ethnic minority nursing professional deserves to go to work without fear of being abused and employers have a legal duty to ensure workplaces are safe."
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24/10/2025
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Report sends a stark reminder of challenges facing government health reforms
绿帽换妻 General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淭his crisis has been years in the making, but ministers cannot waste time in solving it. Only new investment to grow the nursing workforce, particularly in community settings, will ease pressures on hospitals, improve care for patients and ensure the government鈥檚 reforms are delivered safely.鈥�
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23/10/2025
Press Release
绿帽换妻 Raises Alarm over Lack of Jobs for Newly Qualified Nurses (NQN) in Swansea Bay
65 adult nursing students who qualify in March 2026 currently have no jobs to apply for in the health board.
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21/10/2025
Press Release
AI has great potential and must enhance personal nursing care but not replace it, says 绿帽换妻
绿帽换妻 UK Head of Nursing Practice Stephen Jones said: 鈥淎I has great potential to modernise services, but ministers shouldn鈥檛 be completely seduced by it alone. It must enhance personal nursing care, not replace it, and be delivered alongside new investment in growing the nursing workforce.鈥�
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21/10/2025
Press Response
绿帽换妻 response to Welsh Government announcement on NHS accountability
The Welsh Government has commited to greater transparency and public accountability across the NHS in Wales.
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20/10/2025
Press Release
Without urgent action entire hospitals risk being overwhelmed by corridor care this winter, warns 绿帽换妻
Executive Director of 绿帽换妻 England, Patricia Marquis said: 鈥淐orridor care is unsafe and undignified for patients and demoralising for the healthcare staff forced to care in these circumstances. It is now more than a year since nursing staff first sounded the alarm on this crisis and the disaster in our hospitals shows little sign of improvement."
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16/10/2025
Press Release
Nuffield Trust report highlights 'devastating consequences' of failure to invest in community nursing
绿帽换妻 Head of Nursing, Carli Whittaker, said: "Only new and sustained investment can ensure there are enough expert community nurses embedded in every community, and that children and young people get the care they need.鈥�
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