Press Releases
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22/01/2026
Press Release
Investing in nursing the key to improving children鈥檚 health outcomes, says RCN in response to latest Health and Social Care Committee report
RCN Chief Nursing Officer Lynn Woolsey, said: 鈥淗ealth visitors, school nurses and other vital staff in our communities are critical for giving babies, children and young people the best start in life. Yet these specialist, safety-critical nurses have seen their workforce numbers collapse over the last decade."
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21/01/2026
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Elderly being cared for in corridors 'source of national shame', says 麻豆视频
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: 鈥淭hese devastating findings mirror the testimony of nursing staff about the lack of dignity afforded to the elderly. No one, let alone those at their most vulnerable, should be forced to receive treatment in corridors and other inappropriate spaces. It is unsafe, utterly demeaning and should be a source of national shame."
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15/01/2026
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Nursing staff risk losing all hope over corridor care akin to 鈥渢orture鈥�, as public tell government to end NHS crisis
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger said: 鈥淭his new testimony from nursing staff reveals once again the devastating human consequences of corridor care, with patients forced to endure conditions which have no place in our NHS. The fact remains that there can be no safe, dignified care delivered in a corridor, store room or dining room, but that has become the norm."
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15/01/2026
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One year on from landmark corridor care report, RCN warns patients and staff in Wales are still being failed
RCN Wales is warning that patients and nursing staff in Wales continue to be put at risk by this dangerous practice.
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13/01/2026
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Corridor care continues to engulf our hospitals, says RCN in response to Lib Dem proposals
RCN Chief Nursing Officer Lynn Woolsey, said: 鈥淭he corridor crisis that continues to engulf our hospitals puts patients and staff at risk and must be urgently addressed."
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08/01/2026
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National safety investigator finds corridor care a year-round issue, as RCN says system resigned to managed decline
RCN Chief Nursing Officer Lynn Woolsey said: "This is the clearest sign of the flawed thinking within a system that is resigned to managed decline. The reality is that there is no safe level of corridor care, or level of staffing that can make it so."
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30/12/2025
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Honour for nurse who won landmark race discrimination case 'great news' in fight against racism, says 麻豆视频
RCN President Bejoy Sebastian gave his warmest of congratulations to all the health and care staff who have been recognised in this way by our patron, the King.
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30/12/2025
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Lack of urgency in tackling normalisation of corridor care 'shocking', says 麻豆视频
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said the lack of urgency in sorting the corridor care crisis is almost as shocking as the normalisation of this devastating collapse in care standards.
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11/12/2025
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Nursing staff 'deeply worried' about keeping patients safe as flu surges, says 麻豆视频
These figures show just how dangerous the situation is getting across our NHS hospitals, said RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger.
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11/12/2025
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Eradicating corridor care must be the plan, not just mitigating its impacts, says RCN in response to new NHS England guidance
RCN Chief Nursing Officer Lynn Woolsey, said: 鈥淲hile providing corridor care guidance to NHS leaders and clinicians is important, it equally shows just how far the situation has deteriorated for patients and staff."
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