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Royal College of Nursing (RCN) general secretary Pat Cullen on the picket line outside Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, February 2, 2023
ABUSE and burnout suffered by nurses has been “normalised” in the NHS, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has warned.
The RCN was responding to a year-long Times Health Commission investigating key aspects of health and social care including recruitment, retention and training. The report is due to be published today.
RCN general secretary and chief executive Pat Cullen said: “Nurses have been warning that the NHS is on life support for years — it will never be back on a stable footing unless greater value is put on staff.
With 121,000 vacancies and 44.8% of staff feeling unwell from work stress, the NHS 10-year plan will not succeed unless the government takes immediate action to retain existing staff, writes ANNETTE MANSELL-GREEN
Government urged ‘to tackle the root causes’ of the NHS crisis and improve ‘social care services’
