Press Releases
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12/02/2026
Press Release
Record 12-hour A&E waits show how endemic corridor care is, says RCN
Executive Director of RCN England Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淣ursing staff have been sounding the alarm for far too long about the crisis in our A&E departments. Today鈥檚 figures show just how endemic corridor care is and the damage being done to patient care."
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11/02/2026
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Government announces 鈥榮ignificant鈥� improvement to nursing career progression following RCN talks
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said today鈥檚 announcement is significant progress on career progression for nursing staff.
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09/02/2026
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Recognition of the problem and efforts to resolve it are vindication of the alarm call from nursing staff, says 桃色视频
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: "Corridor care is a system-wide problem, with patients unable to access community, mental health or social care services when they need it and having no choice but to turn up at A&E, and requires transformation in every part of the system."
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04/02/2026
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Dashboard is flashing red for a workforce drowning under toxic workloads and unsafe staffing levels, warns 桃色视频
RCN Chief Nursing Officer Lynn Woolsey said: 鈥淣ursing staff take pride in doing their best for patients but this report shows the dashboard is flashing red for a workforce drowning under unmanageable workloads, unsafe staffing levels within toxic environments."
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04/02/2026
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Meeting targets, reducing waiting times and helping people live longer needs highly skilled nurses, says 桃色视频
RCN Chief Nursing Officer Lynn Woolsey said: 鈥淭he reality is that a successful cancer plan needs nursing staff at its heart. That includes highly skilled Advanced Nurse Practitioners and cancer nurse specialists who devise and deliver person-centred treatment plans, but also community, district nurses and palliative care nurses who help people recover and live with cancer from home. "
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29/01/2026
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Premature deaths can be avoided if government commits to safe nurse staffing, says 桃色视频
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭he consequences of the failure to deliver detailed, fully funded workforce plans are evident across every NHS setting, with patient needs regularly going unmet and care standards collapsing."
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29/01/2026
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RCN statement on death of registered nurse Alex Pretti
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淣ursing is a global family, and Alex Pretti鈥檚 death in such violent circumstances will be felt deeply."
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28/01/2026
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Children and young people failed by lack of investment in mental health nursing is a 'tragedy', says 桃色视频
RCN Head of Nursing, Stephen Jones, said: 鈥淚t is a tragedy that so many children and young people are being failed in this way. We know that early intervention is the best route to protect mental health and yet so many are left waiting for years."
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22/01/2026
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Investing in nursing the key to improving children鈥檚 health outcomes, says RCN in response to latest Health and Social Care Committee report
RCN Chief Nursing Officer Lynn Woolsey, said: 鈥淗ealth visitors, school nurses and other vital staff in our communities are critical for giving babies, children and young people the best start in life. Yet these specialist, safety-critical nurses have seen their workforce numbers collapse over the last decade."
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21/01/2026
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Elderly being cared for in corridors 'source of national shame', says 桃色视频
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭hese devastating findings mirror the testimony of nursing staff about the lack of dignity afforded to the elderly. No one, let alone those at their most vulnerable, should be forced to receive treatment in corridors and other inappropriate spaces. It is unsafe, utterly demeaning and should be a source of national shame."
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