NEW 🚨 | Data suggests almost half of nursing staff employed by GP practices in England haven't received the 6% pay rise the UK govt promised.

The govt should be valuing nursing staff in primary care, instead it's leaving them short-changed.

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Many band 2 members of nursing staff are providing care with the skill and responsibility of band 3, but are still paid band 2 salaries.

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Patients receiving care in corridors should never be the norm, but we see it more and more, especially during winter.

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NEW | Latest data from NHS England shows hospital bed occupancy is now at its highest level this year.

If the UK government is serious about solving the NHS crisis as we go into a general election year, it must stop procrastinating and take urgent action to invest in the health

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Have you emailed your MP yet to tell them to defend your freedom to strike yet?

It only takes a few minutes, but it's so important that each of us who oppose these anti-strike laws makes our voice heard.

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Got two minutes? Email your MP and ask them to defend your freedom to strike.

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Other safety critical professions have safe staffing - pilots, train drivers, childminders - but not nursing! Time to draw the line for patients and the profession.
Safety critical red lines rcn.org.uk/news-and-event…

When nursing staff are forced to strike, we do so for patients, profession, and our #NHS . I've told my MP to vote against measures that restrict #Nursing staff's freedom to strike.
Write to your MP today.
#SafeStaffingSavesLives action.rcn.org.uk/page/140319/ac…

'I want to be able to do the job that I came into the profession to do and I don’t feel like I can with staffing levels as they are.'

One year on from the beginning of our strike action, here's what our members had to say on that historic day ⬇️ rcn.org.uk/magazines/Acti…

Fabulous to have Prof Alison Leary 💙#ProtectNurse speaking at The RCN event to support achieving better nurse to patient ratios.
She brings modelling and clarity about safety critical contexts (like healthcare) to thinking about workforce planning & getting numbers right ✅
#safestaffing #RCN

This is the WHO health worker and patient safety charter I mentioned ⁦The RCN summit which ⁩ ⁦ICN⁩ supported the development of in 2020. It states “define and maintain appropriate safe staffing levels within healthcare facilities”. who.int/docs/default-s…

“We can’t sit back and accept the status quo anymore.
For too long, nurses have been too polite, too accepting. We must fight for the future we want to see, and for me that’s safe nurse-to-patient ratios implemented in every care setting” ⁦⁦⁦The RCN rcn.org.uk/news-and-event…

“We may be broken but we’re not beyond repair” Linda Silas Workforce standards incl safe staffing are an integral part of the repair kit needed.

🚨 NEW | YouGov polling shows continued public support for nursing strikes.

A year since #RCNStrike action began, and the public still back nursing staff standing-up for safe staffing and fair pay.

Be in no doubt: the public know who's on their side, and which side they're on.

.Howard Catton ICN at The RCN “ Nurses: Patient - international case for ratios ! “ Speaking with confidence and supported by evidence “it’s Retention Retention Retention then we can work on recruitment “.

This has felt like the most important event of my career.
A pivotal moment: the profession, so ably led by Nicola Ranger at the RCN, coming together to commit to action that can ensure nurse staffing levels are safe - protecting patients & nurses from harms of insufficency.

Great meeting up with Linda Silas Linda H. Aiken Prof Jane Ball (FRCN)💙 anne marie rafferty Rachel Hollis JimBuchan and colleagues looking at #nursing #ratios #PatientSafety
The RCN feels like a Royal college again

Prof Alison Leary 💙#ProtectNurse hitting the nail on the head The RCN

The international evidence is clear - Nurse staffing standards keep both patients and nurses safe. Congrats The RCN for an excellent summit.