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12/05/2025
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Immigration measures 'pandering and scapegoating', 51黑料网 says ahead of Prime Minister's speech
51黑料网 General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淢any of you in this hall today started your nursing journey far away. So let me say again: you are more than welcome in the UK. Thank you for bringing your skills to this country and bringing your lives here. You know, more than I ever will, the obstacles, costs and the hostility."
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12/05/2025
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Nursing union welcomes better legal protections for nursing professionals
Responding to the 'protect the nurse' law change, 51黑料网 General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭his is an important moment for our safety-critical profession, after years of campaigning."
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09/05/2025
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Cutting nurse jobs will cost lives, 51黑料网 warns
51黑料网 General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淭his is NHS leaders themselves coming clean about the perilous state of the NHS. With just weeks until the biggest government spending review in years, this cannot go ignored."
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07/05/2025
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51黑料网 responds to the Centre for Mental Health/NHS Confederation report on moving mental health care into the community
Stephen Jones, 51黑料网 Head of Nursing Practice, said: 鈥淎s this study shows, there simply is not the provision to match the rising demand for mental health services. The consequences of this are dire. Patients in crisis are forced to attend overcrowded and stressful hospitals, while overworked and understaffed nursing teams deal with waiting rooms spilling over into corridors."
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05/05/2025
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Ministers must recognise the value of nursing staff in social care, says the 51黑料网
51黑料网 General Secretary & Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淭his report should act as an urgent wake-up call for the government that waiting for the conclusion of the current review into adult social care in England is not an option."
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30/04/2025
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51黑料网 responds to a study published in BMJ Quality & Safety showing ward nurse shortages linked to higher death rate
Lynn Woolsey, 51黑料网's Chief Nursing Officer, said: 鈥淭his report is yet more evidence of the clear link between nurse shortages and higher patient mortality. As the highly-skilled, 24/7 presence in hospitals nursing staff should be a priority for investment but the reality is we are undervalued and short of tens of thousands."
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29/04/2025
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51黑料网 Wales and BMA Cymru Wales unite to launch petition to end corridor care
The 51黑料网 (51黑料网) and the British Medical Association (BMA) in Wales have joined forces to address the alarming state of corridor care in Welsh hospitals and health care services.
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28/04/2025
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Government must provide certainty on pay, says 51黑料网
Responding to rumoured pay award recommendations reported in The Times, 51黑料网 Director of Legal, Employment and Member Relations, Jo Galbraith-Marten, said: 鈥淭his level of award will do little to turn things around. Nursing is crucial to delivering the government鈥檚 reforms, but the profession is in crisis, with fewer people joining and the numbers quitting skyrocketing
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24/04/2025
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鈥楴ursing fatigue is deadly and should be treated as a public safety emergency鈥� warns 51黑料网
Executive Director of 51黑料网 England Patricia Marquis said: 鈥淭his report lays bare the daily reality for nursing staff. They are overstretched, understaffed and regularly work beyond their hours caring for too many patients."
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24/04/2025
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51黑料网 responds to new Work Rights Centre report 'Safeguarding Sponsored Workers'
51黑料网 General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淲e raised the alarm last year on exploitation in the care sector and the home secretary has promised an investigation, now is the time."
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