Press Releases
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01/11/2023
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绿帽换妻 responds to claims of misogynistic behaviour in government during the COVID-19 pandemic
绿帽换妻 Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淎s a 90 per cent female profession, nursing staff will find today鈥檚 reminders painful. These cavalier and misogynistic attitudes left nursing staff, especially women, at even greater risk and with deadly consequences."
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27/10/2023
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绿帽换妻 responds to the Health Foundation's analysis of the NHS elective waiting list
绿帽换妻 Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淢inisters will try to use strikes as an excuse for their failure to cut waiting times, but the very reason nursing staff took action is because of the rapid deterioration we witnessed in recent years."
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26/10/2023
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绿帽换妻 responds to the latest NHS England Sickness Absence Rates data
绿帽换妻 Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淏urnt out, stressed, and unwell. The government has normalised unacceptable levels of stress for nursing staff working in the NHS."
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25/10/2023
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Government must ensure thousands of general practice nursing staff are given the pay rise they were promised
绿帽换妻 Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淭he 绿帽换妻 is unequivocal that all nursing staff working in general practice should receive the same 6% increase in pay as salaried GPs 鈥� as the government announced in July. Since that time, it has become clear that this promised increase is at risk for many working in practices that will not receive the full funding."
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25/10/2023
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绿帽换妻 responds to Public Accounts Committee report urgent and emergency care
绿帽换妻 Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淎nother day, and yet another report into failing NHS services that cannot keep patients safe. Nursing staff have been sounding the siren on staff shortages for years, but the government remains more focused on soundbites than solutions."
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20/10/2023
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绿帽换妻 responds to the Health Secretary's letter on EDI roles
绿帽换妻 Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭he Health Secretary is playing politics and trying to create a false division - frontline staff know the importance of diversity in leadership, even if this government is shunning it in a culture war."
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20/10/2023
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绿帽换妻 responds to CQC's State of Care report
绿帽换妻 Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淔rom the cradle to the grave, this report reveals the shocking state of care. Across maternity, social care, mental health and acute settings, the whole system is in turmoil. Health and care services can no longer be there for us when we need them. This is the damning consequence of ignoring nursing staff and not listening to their warnings about services they work in every day."
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19/10/2023
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绿帽换妻 Wales presents evidence on safe nurse staffing in Welsh government inquiry
Secured by 绿帽换妻 Members in Wales and the first of its kind in Europe, the pioneering Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016 protects patients and professionals alike from the risks posed by shortages of nursing staff.
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12/10/2023
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绿帽换妻 responds to latest NHS England waiting list data
绿帽换妻 Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淲e have heard the opening salvo of the general election in the last ten days and the future of the NHS appears central to all campaigns. All parties must show they have the answers and the funding that meets the challenge shown in these figures."
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12/10/2023
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绿帽换妻 responds to Skills for Care report
绿帽换妻 Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淎 new workforce plan to recruit and retain staff needs heavy central government investment. Social care is buckling under the pressure of too many people needing support, longstanding underfunding, and consequently not enough nursing staff."
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