Press Releases
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11/06/2026
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NHS workforce plan 鈥榤ust be paused鈥� over concerns it fails to safely grow staff numbers and over-relies on AI, say health unions and professional bodies
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭he newly appointed Secretary of State has a pivotal opportunity to apply the brakes and think again. More detailed and meaningful engagement with the expert organisations and vital NHS staff who are standing ready to make this plan a success, will be critical for ensuring the safety of patients for generations to come.鈥�
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08/06/2026
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This catastrophe has been unfolding unchecked in our hospitals for far too long, warns 桃色视频
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淭his is the tragic reality when people are left to wait in overcrowded and under-resourced A&Es"
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04/06/2026
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桃色视频 responds to Lord Mann鈥檚 review into antisemitism and other forms of racism in the NHS
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said:. It鈥檚 absolutely essential that staff are safe at work, but the reality is racism in the NHS is on the rise, as is violence, aggression and sexual harassment. That these behaviours have become so normalised is alarming."
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28/05/2026
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Professional Standards Authority report 'damning indictment' of NMC, says 桃色视频
RCN Chief Nursing Officer, Professor Lynn Woolsey, said a report from the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) provides a damning indictment of the NMC, finding that it meets just half of the standards expected of a regulator.
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27/05/2026
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Understaffed health visitors unable to carry out vital checks leaving health of youngest at risk, warns 桃色视频
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭he reality is there is no hidden army of health visitors and school nurses waiting in the wings to transform care, deliver crucial advice, immunisations and to ensure families and children and young people get the right care, right when they need it."
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27/05/2026
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Nursing and Midwifery Council 'severely undermining' trust in the profession, says RCN
RCN Chief Nursing Officer Professor Lynn Woolsey said the failing called into question whether the NMC it is fit for purpose as the nursing profession鈥檚 regulator.
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21/05/2026
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Depleted social care workforce burnt out and demoralised as underfunding issues persist, warns 桃色视频
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淎t the heart of this is a workforce that has not been given the value it deserves. With an ageing population, the scale of the challenge for governments across the UK has never been clearer."
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20/05/2026
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Half a million children attended A&E in mental health crisis, as RCN calls for wider roll-out of mental health A&Es and for action on social determinants
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淗alf a million children and young people attending A+E in a mental health crisis is evidence of a catastrophic system-wide failure. Nursing staff give their all in the most difficult circumstances, but the fact is that busy and stressful A+Es are wholly unsuitable places for anyone in mental distress, let alone vulnerable children."
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19/05/2026
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Racism allowed to 鈥榝lourish鈥� in NHS says RCN, as tens of thousands of nursing staff report 78% surge in racist abuse
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭hese findings show a catastrophic rise in the racist abuse faced by nursing staff. It is a disgrace, and perhaps just as bad is the fact that many NHS Trusts and Health Boards cannot even tell us how many staff have been on the receiving end. It amounts to a policy of 鈥榙on鈥檛 know, don鈥檛 care."
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18/05/2026
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Nursing leader warns collapsing nurse growth and rising complexity a 鈥榙eadly mix鈥� for patients
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淲idespread vacancies of registered nurses are always unsafe, but the risk is being compounded by the demands of delivering ever more complex care to an ageing, sicker population, with multiple conditions. It is a deadly mix."
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