Nurses and healthcare staff need to be confident that their concerns over failures in patient care will be heard. All healthcare organisations should be required to hold a register of staff concerns that must be reported to their board regularly and made available to the public
Tweet ThisTo ensure nurses and other healthcare staff have the time needed to give patients the dignified care they deserve, there must be the right number and right balance of nursing staff on the wards. The RCN wants to see regular staffing reviews, which are then reported to trusts boards, to guarantee safe staffing numbers and the highest level of quality care for patients.
Tweet ThisQuality patient care needs healthcare workers who are continually trained to the highest level. All too often training budgets are under pressure or staff have to learn in their own time. Improved training and regulation for healthcare assistants and support workers must be a priority. The RCN is calling for the regulation of healthcare assistants and for every nurse and healthcare worker to have protected training time as part of their continuous professional development.
Tweet ThisSpecific resources need to be targeted at reducing health inequalities by providing public health information, tackling the root causes of ill health and promoting healthy lifestyles, with a particular focus on smoking, obesity and alcohol abuse. The RCN is calling for a single mandatory code to better regulate the drinks industry to minimise the dangers and healthcare costs associated with excessive drinking.
Tweet ThisImprove care for patients with long-term conditions by supporting and investing in specialist nurses. The RCN is calling for every patient with a long term condition to have guaranteed access to specialist nursing care.
Tweet ThisIn order to ensure a first class health care system that delivers the highest level of care to patients, there needs to be sustained investment in services, staff and facilities. The RCN is calling for current levels of health care spending to be maintained in order to ensure patients continue to receive the care they deserve.
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“Last week I wrote to you following the proposal from the NHS in England to freeze increments for all NHS staff in return for a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies for those on bands 1-6. Since then, you've let us know your reaction to the offer.
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On Wednesday, over 100 RCN Activists gathered in RCN HQ for a special conference to launch Frontline First. Delegates heard from a range of key RCN staff including Chief Executive and General Secretary, Dr. Peter Carter, Head of Policy, Howard Catton and Head of Employment Relations, Josie Irwin.
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Allow me to welcome you to the Frontline First website. As Chair of RCN Council, it makes me hugely proud to know that nursing staff up and down the UK will soon be standing up and sharing their experiences about cuts, waste and innovations.
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This will be my last post onto the ‘Nursing counts’ website, as our campaign is drawing to a close. When we first launched this campaign in January, I could not have imagined just how powerful and exciting it would turn out to be.
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A week after the General Election we now have our new government. For the first time since the Second World War there will be a Coalition Government in charge at Westminster. David Cameron, Leader of the Conservatives, is the Prime Minister and Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, is the Deputy Prime Minister.
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