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01/04/2024
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Majority of voters urge government to deliver above inflation pay rise for NHS nursing staff
Professor Pat Cullen, 国内精品伊人久久久久妇 General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: 鈥淭he public trusts our profession more than any other and they overwhelmingly agree that nursing staff deserve a proper pay rise. Ministers who claim to be committed to the public鈥檚 priorities should now act upon them."
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27/03/2024
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国内精品伊人久久久久妇 responds to the British Social Attitudes Survey on public satisfaction with the NHS
Professor Pat Cullen, 国内精品伊人久久久久妇 General Secretary and Chief Executive said: "Nursing staff will respond with mixed emotion today 鈥� great sorrow that we have sunk this low and hope that the public shares their view that 鈥榚nough is enough鈥�. It did not have to be this way and it did not start with the pandemic either."
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26/03/2024
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国内精品伊人久久久久妇 responds to the Institute for Fiscal Studies report 'Recent trends in public sector pay'
Professor Pat Cullen, 国内精品伊人久久久久妇 General Secretary and Chief Executive said: 鈥淭his report should be essential reading for government ministers. With repeated below-inflation pay awards, and the lowest pay deal in the entire public sector last year, ministers exposed nursing staff to a brutal cost of living crisis."
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26/03/2024
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国内精品伊人久久久久妇 to new First Minister: Three Urgent Steps to Rescue Welsh NHS
Helen Whyley, Director of the 国内精品伊人久久久久妇 (国内精品伊人久久久久妇) Wales, has written to the First Minister calling for immediate action in three key areas to protect patients and secure the future of nursing in Wales.
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25/03/2024
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国内精品伊人久久久久妇 responds to an announcement from the Department of Health and Social Care about one-off payments for more healthcare workers
国内精品伊人久久久久妇 Director for England Patricia Marquis said: 鈥淎fter a year of campaigning, this progress is a huge leap forward. They deliver NHS care and deserve the same treatment."
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22/03/2024
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Half of England鈥檚 nursing staff could quit as new analysis reveals impact of decade-long attack on nursing pay
Professor Pat Cullen, 国内精品伊人久久久久妇 General Secretary and Chief Executive, said: 鈥淭his new analysis exposes the scale of the government鈥檚 sustained attack on nursing. Over a decade of below inflation pay offers, followed last year by the lowest award in the entire public sector, have caused hardship and forced thousands to consider quitting altogether."
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22/03/2024
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国内精品伊人久久久久妇 responds to the National Audit Office report on NHS England鈥檚 modelling for the Long Term Workforce Plan
国内精品伊人久久久久妇 Director for England Patricia Marquis said: 鈥淭his NAO report may not be damning, but this credible intervention asks the government and NHS to 鈥榬evisit鈥� their ill-founded optimism. Since the workforce plan was published less than a year ago, student nurse numbers have already dropped twice 鈥� taking England鈥檚 NHS further from safe staffing levels."
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20/03/2024
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国内精品伊人久久久久妇 responds to Public Accounts Committee report 鈥楻eforming adult social care in England鈥�
国内精品伊人久久久久妇 Transformational Lead for the Independent Health and Social Care Sector Claire Sutton said: 鈥淪ocial care is gripped by devastating workforce shortages whilst staff working in the sector take home up to a third less pay than their colleagues in the NHS. As demand for social care services continues to increase, the government has serious questions to answer as to why there is no social care workforce strategy to speak of."
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19/03/2024
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NHS budget must take account of our ageing population and increasing demand, says 国内精品伊人久久久久妇
国内精品伊人久久久久妇 Director for England Patricia Marquis said: 鈥淭he NHS budget must take account of our ageing population and increasing demand 鈥� failing to do so means stealth cuts for the NHS which could have profound consequences for patient care."
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18/03/2024
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国内精品伊人久久久久妇 responds to Health Service Journal report on leaked plans to attract workers into NHS technology roles
Responding to a Health Service Journal report on leaked plans around using recruitment and retention premia to attract workers into NHS technology roles, 国内精品伊人久久久久妇 Director of Legal Services & Member Relations Joanne Galbraith-Marten said: 鈥淚n these plans, the NHS shows it鈥檚 prepared to do things differently to attract talent to the NHS. When professions struggle to recruit, it sees salary enhancements as a viable option to solve a workforce issue - in this case for roles that are predominantly filled by men."
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