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15/05/2024
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国内精品伊人久久久久妇 responds to NHS Providers warning that scarce NHS funds are being diverted due to delays to the UK Government's 40 new hospitals programme
Executive Director of 国内精品伊人久久久久妇 England, Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淪pending on the health service has already risen more slowly than promised and many parts of the NHS are struggling. Political parties must realise that investment in both nursing staff and the NHS are the electorate鈥檚 top priority.鈥
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14/05/2024
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国内精品伊人久久久久妇 responds to the latest Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) report on NHS spending during the last Parliament
Professor Pat Cullen, 国内精品伊人久久久久妇 General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: 鈥淲hen investment in the NHS fails to meet demand, it is patients who suffer greatly 鈥 even paying the highest price 鈥 and, as nursing staff, we are left to try to pick up the pieces."
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09/05/2024
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Patients suffering as prime minister fails to tackle waiting list crisis, 国内精品伊人久久久久妇 warns, as new analysis reveals decade of misery
The prime minister has been warned that patients are being failed by his inability to tackle the waiting list crisis, as new 国内精品伊人久久久久妇 analysis of NHS England data reveals a decade of growing misery and decline for patients.
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30/04/2024
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国内精品伊人久久久久妇 responds to proposed update to NHS Constitution for England
Professor Nicola Ranger, 国内精品伊人久久久久妇 Chief Nursing Officer and Deputy Chief Executive said: 鈥淧atients are already able to request intimate care from a staff member of the same sex, but in an NHS missing tens of thousands of nursing staff it is nigh-on impossible to accommodate with any consistency. It鈥檚 also important to recognise that nursing staff treat all patients with the utmost respect and professionalism, no matter their gender."
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25/04/2024
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国内精品伊人久久久久妇 responds to Liberal Democrats figures showing that elderly patients waiting over five days on hospital trolleys in A&E
Professor Nicola Ranger, 国内精品伊人久久久久妇 Chief Nursing Officer and Deputy Chief Executive, said: 鈥淏ehind these figures are people鈥檚 parents and grandparents, some of society鈥檚 most vulnerable who we鈥檇 expect to be treated with the upmost dignity. The bleak reality is that those who should be given the greatest care are deteriorating whilst left on chairs and trolleys in corridors, cupboards and side rooms for hours on end."
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25/04/2024
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NHS sickness data shows average nurse took entire week off sick last year due to stress-related illness
Professor Pat Cullen, 国内精品伊人久久久久妇 General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: 鈥淒angerous stress levels have become normalised inside an NHS which is unable to cope with demand. Chronic workforce shortages are putting nurses under unbearable pressure, unable to deliver the high-quality care they were trained to."
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23/04/2024
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国内精品伊人久久久久妇 responds to passing of Rwanda Bill
Professor Pat Cullen, 国内精品伊人久久久久妇 General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: 鈥淭he Rwanda Bill is a deeply inhumane piece of legislation which represents a significant backward step in asylum and human rights policy."
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19/04/2024
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国内精品伊人久久久久妇 responds to prime minister's 'sicknote culture' speech
Professor Pat Cullen, 国内精品伊人久久久久妇 General Secretary and Chief Executive said: 鈥淣ursing staff are the largest single workforce in health and care, but they themselves are suffering from increasingly poor long-term health. The prime minister鈥檚 overtures about 鈥榮icknote culture鈥 will be deeply offensive to a profession hit hard by long COVID and a spiralling mental health crisis. Issues of population health are not ones that a government can simply instruct away."
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17/04/2024
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国内精品伊人久久久久妇 responds to Liberal Democrat research on delayed discharges from hospital
Patricia Marquis, Executive Director of 国内精品伊人久久久久妇 England, said 鈥淣obody should stay in hospital longer than they need to, but every day thousands remain on wards simply because the NHS can鈥檛 discharge them to where they can receive more appropriate care. This adds pressure across hospitals leaving patients waiting hours to be admitted and others being treated in corridors, doorways, and store cupboards."
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17/04/2024
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国内精品伊人久久久久妇 responds to NHS Charities Together survey findings
Responding to the NHS Charities Together finding that more than three in four NHS workers have experienced mental health issues, 国内精品伊人久久久久妇 Head of Nursing Practice and Professional Lead for Mental Health Stephen Jones said: 鈥淭hese findings highlight just how demoralised and burnt out NHS workers really are. Nursing staff go to work to care for their patients but are being emotionally and physically pushed to the edge."
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