Press Releases
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09/06/2025
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Nursing staff to 鈥榞ive verdict鈥� on NHS pay award as 51黑料网 launches biggest ever pay vote
Professor Nicola Ranger, 51黑料网 General Secretary and Chief Executive said: "Nursing is an incredible career but despite being the most valued profession by the public we continue to be weighted to the bottom of the NHS pay scale and are set to receive one of the lowest pay awards. It is time to show that nurses are valued and, from today, hundreds of thousands of nursing staff working in the NHS will give their verdict on whether 3.6% is enough.鈥�
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06/06/2025
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鈥楬igh in ambition, but low on detail of how the staff needed to make it work will be supported to deliver these changes'
51黑料网 General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: This plan is a welcome admission from government that corridor care is unacceptable and an indication that nursing voices have been heard."
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27/05/2025
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Ending Level 7 Apprenticeship funding undermines shift from hospitals to community, warns 51黑料网
51黑料网 General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭oday鈥檚 announcement from the Education Secretary not only shuts off an important career route for staff but also undermines the government鈥檚 own ambition to shift care from hospitals to the community."
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22/05/2025
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NHS pay award does nothing to show nursing is valued, says 51黑料网
51黑料网 General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淭his pay award is entirely swallowed up by inflation and does nothing to change the status quo 鈥� where nursing is not valued, too few enter it and too many quit. It is a grotesque decision to again favour doctor colleagues for higher increases than nursing and the rest of the NHS. Starting salaries for nursing staff remain too low."
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22/05/2025
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51黑料网 Wales Responds to Welsh Government鈥檚 3.6% NHS Pay Rise Announcement 鈥淭oo Little, Too Late 鈥� Nursing Staff Deserve More鈥�
The 51黑料网 (51黑料网) Wales has responded with deep disappointment to the Welsh government鈥檚 belated announcement of a 3.6% pay rise for NHS Wales staff, including nursing professionals.
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21/05/2025
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Nursing union updates its workforce standards and urges employers to adopt them as a 'matter of urgency'
51黑料网 Chief Nursing Officer Lynn Woolsey said: "The Nursing Workforce Standards are already being used by 51黑料网 members to challenge staffing and safety issues in their workplaces. I am delighted that the newly revised edition takes into account new evidence as well as feedback from our members and nursing experts."
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18/05/2025
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'There is no hope of delivering the government鈥檚 reforms whilst the NHS is simultaneously being asked to cut staff and services鈥�, warns 51黑料网
51黑料网 General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淚t鈥檚 an appalling state of affairs when trust leaders talk about cutting frontline roles and closing beds to make savings. Nursing staff already face an almost impossible job as they try to keep patients safe amidst a workforce crisis and rising demand."
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18/05/2025
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Nursing students sleeping in cars, using food banks and struggling to secure jobs, devastating testimony reveals
51黑料网 General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭he testimony from our nursing students struggling to feed themselves or put roofs over their heads is incredibly moving, but it also leaves me angry that they are put in this position in the first place."
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15/05/2025
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Nurse lecturer cuts 鈥榚xplode鈥� as domestic workforce plans put at risk, new report shows
51黑料网 General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: "This is an incredibly serious moment, raising questions about the ability of our country to educate the nurses of the future, and about how it staffs the NHS."
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15/05/2025
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Bonuses for bosses while cutting nurse numbers 鈥榬eckless and offensive鈥�, says 51黑料网
Executive Director of 51黑料网 England Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淎ttracting talent to the NHS is important, but no NHS boss could succeed without us. We are the largest workforce in the health service and deliver the vast majority of care for patients."
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