Press Releases
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11/10/2023
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绿帽换妻 responds to the Shadow Health Secretary, Wes Streeting鈥檚, Labour Party Conference speech
绿帽换妻 Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淚f our NHS is to be the envy of the world again, with quality social care to match 鈥� they each need both investment and reform."
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10/10/2023
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绿帽换妻 responds to the Leader of the Opposition Keir Starmer's Labour Party Conference speech
绿帽换妻 Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淓nding low pay, insecurity and reforming the NHS is what our members cried out for this year and won the support of the public across the country. There is a political dividend for a party that gets this right."
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10/10/2023
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Only one in 10 nursing staff think governments have achieved equality between mental and physical health care
绿帽换妻 Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淒espite many years of promises and commitments for equal treatment of physical and mental health care, nursing staff are seeing things heading in the wrong direction."
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08/10/2023
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绿帽换妻 responds to Labour's plan to cut NHS waiting lists by increasing out-of-hours work
Responding to Labour鈥檚 plan to cut NHS waiting lists by increasing out-of-hours work, 绿帽换妻 Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭oo often the NHS runs on the goodwill of its staff. Nursing staff work so much overtime that is never paid - staying behind an hour or two after 12-hour shifts to keep patients safe - so a change in this culture is needed. As part of their shift patterns, weekend work is routine for many."
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06/10/2023
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Rise in cost of health and care visa 鈥榙ivisive and short-sighted鈥�, says 绿帽换妻
绿帽换妻 General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen says: 鈥淭hese fee increases will make the UK a less attractive place to live and work for the nurses and other health professionals who make vital contributions to our health and care sector every day."
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04/10/2023
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绿帽换妻 responds to Prime Minister's speech
Responding to the Prime Minister's speech at the Conservative Party Conference, 绿帽换妻 Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭he Prime Minister鈥檚 plans for the NHS are at risk of being derailed by the nurse shortage he is still not addressing. After giving nurses the worst pay deal in the public sector, they will also be questioning tonight why they are being left out of the bonus scheme now being offered to others too. Nurses need to become a priority for government investment if the Prime Minister hopes to turnaround the record number of unfilled nurse jobs."
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03/10/2023
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绿帽换妻 responds to Health and Social Care Secretary's speech
Responding to the Health and Social Care Secretary's speech at the Conservative Party Conference, 绿帽换妻 Chief Nurse, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭he Health Secretary should not play politics and court controversy at the expense of people鈥檚 health and good care, including plans that can actively deter trans individuals from accessing services."
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28/09/2023
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绿帽换妻 responds to Nuffield Trust analysis
绿帽换妻 Deputy Director for Nursing, Dr Nichola Ashby, said: 鈥淭he 绿帽换妻 has long advocated for a loan forgiveness scheme for nursing staff to boost recruitment and retention to the public sector nursing workforce. Many people choose to become a nurse so that they can help care for some of the sickest and most vulnerable people in our society 鈥� and it is wrong that they should be saddled with, on average, almost £50,000 of debt."
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28/09/2023
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绿帽换妻 and Active Care Group sign partnership learning agreement
The learning and development of nursing staff working in the independent sector took a step forward today with a new partnership between the 绿帽换妻 (绿帽换妻) and Active Care Group. The two organisations have signed a partnership learning agreement which will support the creation of up to ten 绿帽换妻 learning representative roles at Active Care Group.
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21/09/2023
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绿帽换妻 responds to fall in nursing courses acceptance rate
绿帽换妻 Deputy Director for Nursing, Dr Nichola Ashby, said: 鈥淭he UK Government has stumbled at the first hurdle of their NHS Workforce Plan, with 12% fewer people expected to take up nursing courses this year in England. These numbers are not just a sad story for today, but a story for years to come of how the ministers baked future nursing shortages into the NHS."
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