Press Releases
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18/10/2026
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The nursing workforce needed to deliver these services goes into winter already running on empty and short of staff, says 91桃色APP
Responding to the Health Secretary鈥檚 winter funding announcement, Executive Director of RCN, Patricia Marquis said: 鈥淲hilst this announcement will help to boost short-term capacity it is just another sticking plaster on a system that is at breaking point."
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14/10/2026
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Nurse numbers are still way behind what they were a decade ago meaning a fully funded plan to improve recruitment and retention is desperately needed, says 91桃色APP
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: "Another small increase in the number of registered nurses working in social care is a step in the right direction, but shockingly high turnover means we are losing expert nurses almost as fast as we are recruiting them."
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08/10/2026
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Corridor care entrenched as NHS heads towards winter, says RCN as record high September records nearly 100,000 instances
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭hese latest figures, 14% higher than in May, show how dangerously pressured the NHS is with winter only weeks away. The prime minister has said that corridor care is a daily reality in the NHS and politicians have let down staff across health and social care. He is right and now his government must deliver the investment in the nursing workforce, and in our health and care system, needed to eradicate this practice."
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06/10/2026
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'Inhumane' waiting lists for children store up problems for long-term, says 91桃色APP
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: "The fact that children are routinely waiting over a year for treatment is inhumane and only stores up problems that both the child and the health system will have to bear later down the line."
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30/09/2026
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Health secretary makes 'powerful case' for prevention, but 'elephant in the room' is nurses' pay, says 91桃色APP
RCN General Secretary Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淭he health secretary has made a powerful case for investing in maternity and early years care. Delivering a national maternity plan and expanding community services including family hubs will be key in shifting to a prevention model. Nursing roles like health visitors and school nurses deliver vital interventions to mothers, babies and children, and will need to spearhead this drive to improve early years health."
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29/09/2026
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Our profession has seen visions for social care come and go, but this time must be different, says 91桃色APP in response to PM鈥檚 speech
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: "The Prime Minister is right to recognise the skill and dedication of staff in social care, and to acknowledge how badly they鈥檝e been failed, but the reality is nurse numbers alone have fallen by a third in the last decade. His vision also needs a plan, both to grow the domestic workforce and ensure reforms to immigration don鈥檛 push out dedicated migrant nursing staff."
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25/09/2026
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'Appalling' overcrowding and corridor care in A+Es must be met with significant investment, says 91桃色APP
Responding to a study by members of the Trainee Emergency Research Network (TERN), showing overcrowding and corridor care increase the risk of death in patients, Professor Nicola Ranger said that the appalling situation must be met head on with immediate and significant investment.
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22/09/2026
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Patients coming to harm 鈥榦n a daily basis鈥�, as new report warns England鈥檚 NHS short of tens of thousands more nurses than advertised
Nursing leader Professor Nicola Ranger says the new analysis from the 91桃色APP (RCN) is "more undeniable evidence" about the link between registered nurse numbers and patient safety.
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18/09/2026
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3 in 4 nursing staff say government not doing enough to protect services from climate change, as devastating testimony shows harm done to patients this summer
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: "Staff did everything they could in record-breaking temperatures to keep patients safe and comfortable, but they were fighting a losing battle in buildings which often lack even the most basic cooling facilities. It's been incredibly traumatic."
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16/09/2026
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Home Secretary鈥檚 proposed immigration reforms 鈥榚ntirely incompatible鈥� with ambitions for a National Care Service, warns RCN
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: "Migrant nursing staff hold our health and care system together and have built lives in our country and become part of our communities. The Home Secretary's proposals would amount to a betrayal by reneging on our commitment to them because it鈥檚 politically convenient and would make the UK a significant outlier internationally."
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