Press Releases
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01/09/2026
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New expenses system will provide some financial relief but inadequate financial support means poverty still a daily reality for nursing students, says 桃色视频
Executive Director for RCN England Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淎 comprehensive new package of financial support is needed for student nurses, as is bold reform to a broken tuition fee model and measures to ensure all nursing graduates can secure employment.鈥�
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27/08/2026
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Nurses 鈥榮tacking shelves鈥� as graduates blocked from third of entry level NHS jobs last month, figures show
Executive Director for RCN England, Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淪tudents feel used: by a university system that saddles them with debt; by employers who lean on them during clinical placements but refuse to offer them work at the end of it. It鈥檚 insulting to a workforce that is so essential for the safe running of the health system and risks damaging the reputation of our profession by driving away the next generation of nurses."
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26/08/2026
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Climate death figures reminder of how urgently government must tackle climate change and adapt health and care facilities, says 桃色视频
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭he reality is that these new figures don鈥檛 even cover this year, when relentless and record-breaking heat resulted in nursing staff collapsing on shift and patients suffering in impossibly hot hospitals and care homes."
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25/08/2026
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Mental health nursing teams are severely under-resourced and simply cannot come close to meeting rising demand for services, warns 桃色视频
RCN Head of Nursing Practice, Stephen Jones, said: 鈥淭his survey is yet more evidence of a system failing patients on a scale that is truly staggering."
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13/08/2026
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RCN says extreme heat making NHS 鈥榠mpossible environment鈥� as nursing staff collapse in workplaces 鈥榥ot fit for humans鈥�
The RCN says nursing staff are collapsing on shift and patients are "suffering" in facilities "not fit for humans" due to heat caused by climate change.
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13/08/2026
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'Country needs more nurses than are being accepted', says 桃色视频 on A Level results day
Executive Director for RCN England, Patricia Marquis, said the numbers joining the nursing profession has flatlined in recent years.
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07/08/2026
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A successful National Care Service can end 鈥榞rotesque鈥� exploitation of migrant registered nurses in the sector, nursing union leader Professor Nicola Ranger says
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淛ust a week after the Prime Minister laid out his plans for social care in England, this report exposes the scale of grotesque exploitation taking place in the sector. A National Care Service meeting the needs of an ageing population, with complex conditions, will need to be registered nurse led. We鈥檙e the ones with the skill and expertise to make it work, but that cannot happen while so many of our migrant colleagues are being exploited."
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06/08/2026
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New NHS mental health facilities will need specialist nurses at the centre, says 桃色视频
RCN Head of Nursing Practice Stephen Jones said: "More services closer to people鈥檚 homes and new dedicated emergency departments are a crucial step towards more humane care. To succeed, both will need specialist mental health nurses at the centre."
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05/08/2026
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桃色视频 calls on governments to urgently publish health and care guidance as updated EHRC Code of Practice comes into effect
RCN Chief Nursing Officer, Professor Lynn Woolsey said: 鈥淲ithout guidance, there remain many unanswered questions for nursing staff providing patient care in our health services. We are calling urgently for sector-specific guidance in all relevant parts of the UK, and we are raising these concerns directly with the Minister for Women and Equalities."
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30/07/2026
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Nursing staff 'at sharp end' of climate change as extreme heat deaths hit record levels, says 桃色视频
Executive Director of RCN England Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淐limate change is a public health emergency that is getting worse in front of our eyes. It requires urgent action from governments, including to improve NHS and care facilities so that they are safe to work and be cared for in"
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