Press Releases
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12/05/2025
Press Release
Gen Z key to solving 'ticking time bomb’ workforce crisis, nursing leader says
ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “Young people can see the value nursing has to society and they have passion for care and public service. But low pay and the prospect of working in underfunded services mean so few consider it a career for them. Gen Z are the future of our profession and key to transforming health and care for decades to come."
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12/05/2025
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Nursing student financial hardship and higher education crisis pose dire threat to future of nursing
Financial support for nursing students has remained stagnant during a spiralling cost of living crisis, whilst a growing uncertainty in the future of nursing higher education comes during a time where reliance on health services is at breaking point.
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12/05/2025
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Immigration measures 'pandering and scapegoating', ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ says ahead of Prime Minister's speech
ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “Many of you in this hall today started your nursing journey far away. So let me say again: you are more than welcome in the UK. Thank you for bringing your skills to this country and bringing your lives here. You know, more than I ever will, the obstacles, costs and the hostility."
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12/05/2025
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Nursing union welcomes better legal protections for nursing professionals
Responding to the 'protect the nurse' law change, ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “This is an important moment for our safety-critical profession, after years of campaigning."
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09/05/2025
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Cutting nurse jobs will cost lives, ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ warns
ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “This is NHS leaders themselves coming clean about the perilous state of the NHS. With just weeks until the biggest government spending review in years, this cannot go ignored."
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07/05/2025
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ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ responds to the Centre for Mental Health/NHS Confederation report on moving mental health care into the community
Stephen Jones, ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ Head of Nursing Practice, said: “As this study shows, there simply is not the provision to match the rising demand for mental health services. The consequences of this are dire. Patients in crisis are forced to attend overcrowded and stressful hospitals, while overworked and understaffed nursing teams deal with waiting rooms spilling over into corridors."
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05/05/2025
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Ministers must recognise the value of nursing staff in social care, says the ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ
ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ General Secretary & Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “This report should act as an urgent wake-up call for the government that waiting for the conclusion of the current review into adult social care in England is not an option."
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30/04/2025
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ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ responds to a study published in BMJ Quality & Safety showing ward nurse shortages linked to higher death rate
Lynn Woolsey, ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ's Chief Nursing Officer, said: “This report is yet more evidence of the clear link between nurse shortages and higher patient mortality. As the highly-skilled, 24/7 presence in hospitals nursing staff should be a priority for investment but the reality is we are undervalued and short of tens of thousands."
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29/04/2025
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ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ Wales and BMA Cymru Wales unite to launch petition to end corridor care
The ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ (ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ) and the British Medical Association (BMA) in Wales have joined forces to address the alarming state of corridor care in Welsh hospitals and health care services.
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28/04/2025
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Government must provide certainty on pay, says ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ
Responding to rumoured pay award recommendations reported in The Times, ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ Director of Legal, Employment and Member Relations, Jo Galbraith-Marten, said: “This level of award will do little to turn things around. Nursing is crucial to delivering the government’s reforms, but the profession is in crisis, with fewer people joining and the numbers quitting skyrocketing
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