Press Releases
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06/11/2024
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No NHS modernisation without social care investment, 绿帽换妻 says
绿帽换妻 Chief Nursing Officer Lynn Woolsey said 鈥淥verstretched staff working in social care have been sounding the alarm for years, but successive governments have failed to listen."
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04/11/2024
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Tuition fee rise will 'make a bad situation worse', says 绿帽换妻
绿帽换妻 General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淎s student nurse numbers collapse in every English region, ministers decide to make a bad situation worse. Today鈥檚 announcement will discourage more people from joining the profession. That means fewer highly-skilled staff on wards and in communities. That is bad news for patient care and undermines the government鈥檚 very own NHS reforms."
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04/11/2024
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绿帽换妻 members reject Welsh government鈥檚 inadequate NHS pay award
An overwhelming 72% of 绿帽换妻 (绿帽换妻) members working in the NHS in Wales who took part in the consultation voted to reject the Welsh government's proposed 5.5% pay increase for 2024/25.
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30/10/2024
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Crisis in nursing unresolved after today's Budget, 绿帽换妻 says
绿帽换妻 General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭he Chancellor鈥檚 task was difficult, but the crisis in nursing remains unresolved after today鈥檚 Budget. Thousands of staff continue to leave the profession, whilst new nurse numbers have collapsed in every English region. We are a safety-critical profession, worthy of infrastructure-style investment."
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28/10/2024
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New nurse numbers collapsing in every English region, as 绿帽换妻 warns Government鈥檚 10 Year Plan at risk
绿帽换妻 General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淭he prospect of huge debt and lack of financial support is putting off the nurses of the future, threatening to leave patients without the highly trained nursing professionals they desperately need."
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25/10/2024
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绿帽换妻 responds to CQC鈥檚 annual State of Care report
Responding to CQC鈥檚 State of Care report, 绿帽换妻 General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淭his broad and damning report supports the view of Ministers that the NHS is broken. Taking responsibility for fixing it will be tough but cannot start soon enough. "
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24/10/2024
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绿帽换妻 responds to HSSIB report on 鈥榯he delivery of safe and therapeutic care to adults in mental health inpatient settings鈥�
Stephen Jones, UK Head of Nursing Practice at the 绿帽换妻 said: 鈥淭he long-term failure to invest in mental health nursing is having a direct and deeply worrying impact on those most in need of care."
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23/10/2024
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绿帽换妻 responds to figures showing over one million 12-hour A&E waits this year
绿帽换妻 General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淒angerously long waits have become normalised in our NHS, whilst nursing staff are forced to deliver unsafe care in corridors. They are overworked, understaffed and professionally demoralised. The government needs to step in ahead of winter and prevent this patient safety crisis worsening."
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21/10/2024
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绿帽换妻 responds to launch of government鈥檚 NHS 10 Year Plan engagement exercise
绿帽换妻 General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淣ursing staff deliver the vast majority of care in the NHS and they know better than anyone how to make services better for patients. The government鈥檚 ambitions are the right ones, but to work they will require the expertise of our profession."
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20/10/2024
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绿帽换妻 responds to health secretary鈥檚 pledge to 鈥榬ebuild the health service鈥� ahead of NHS 10 Year Plan launch
绿帽换妻 General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淎 fundamental shift from hospital to community is crucial, but the reality is that today鈥檚 NHS simply does not have the nursing numbers to deliver it. Without new investment, the number of community nurses will stay on track to be half what it was two decades ago."
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