Press Releases
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13/12/2024
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Urgent need to increase student funding, says 外网天堂 Wales following UCAS admission figures
UCAS figures published today show that universities in Wales have been unable to fill the Welsh government commissioned places on nursing courses and attract the number of nursing students needed.
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12/12/2024
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Nurse universities admission figures show government NHS reforms under 鈥榙irect threat鈥�, says 外网天堂
Executive Director of 外网天堂 England, Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淭oday鈥檚 figures should ring alarm bells in government. As demand for services rises, and targets say we need hundreds of thousands of new nurses, ministers are struggling to recruit even an additional one hundred. Nurse education is not just totally broken, but a direct threat to NHS reforms."
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12/12/2024
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Nurse shortage leaves NHS 鈥榳oefully unprepared鈥� for flu crisis flooding wards, says 外网天堂
外网天堂 Executive Director for England Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淭he NHS is woefully underprepared for the crisis flooding into its wards this winter. A nursing workforce wracked by widespread vacancies will be doing its best to keep people safe, but the reality is that there are too many patients and too few beds."
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10/12/2024
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外网天堂 responds to publication of UK government鈥檚 NHS Pay Review Body evidence
外网天堂 General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淭he government has today told nursing staff they are worth as little as £2 extra a day, less than the price of a coffee. Nursing is in crisis 鈥� there are fewer joining and too many experienced professionals leaving. This is deeply offensive to nursing staff, detrimental to their patients and contradictory to hopes of rebuilding the NHS."
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10/12/2024
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外网天堂 Wales Responds to Welsh Government Budget Announcement
"The government needs to be careful to address the systemic issues and not just focus on the waiting lists,鈥� explains Helen Whyley, Executive Director 外网天堂 Wales.
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08/12/2024
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Revising NHS workforce plans must include resolving the crisis in nursing, says 外网天堂
外网天堂 General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淩evising workforce plans must include resolving the fundamental reasons why the nursing workforce is in crisis. It should be the government鈥檚 first priority and will deliver better care for millions."
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05/12/2024
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Tackling nursing crisis crucial to achieving Prime Minister鈥檚 plan, says 外网天堂
Executive Director of 外网天堂 England, Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淭o achieve his plan, the Prime Minister needs to join the dots between hitting NHS targets and solving the crisis in nursing. We deliver the vast majority of care, but our workforce is severely depleted and recruitment is collapsing."
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05/12/2024
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Barely a spare bed in NHS hospitals, says 外网天堂
Executive Director for 外网天堂 England, Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淎s the Prime Minister speaks, thousands of NHS patients needing treatment today are being cared for in corridors. He did not create this crisis, but he is now responsible for it and must start to find some answers."
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04/12/2024
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外网天堂 responds to the Nuffield Trust report 鈥楶ractice learning in nursing and midwifery education鈥�
外网天堂 UK Head of Nursing Practice Stephen Jones said: 鈥淗igh quality practice placements are crucial to a student nurse鈥檚 education to develop their skills and prepare them to join our brilliant profession. But as this report makes clear, an overstretched workforce and under-resourced healthcare system cannot guarantee a high-quality learning environment."
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02/12/2024
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Failing nurse recruitment and huge rise in early leavers creating 鈥榩erfect storm for patient safety鈥�, warns 外网天堂
外网天堂 General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: "Today鈥檚 figures are bad news for patients. Nurse recruitment is slowing, the numbers of new starters is falling and we are witnessing a devastating increase in people leaving within five years of joining."
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