Press Releases
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12/02/2026
Press Release
Below inflation pay rise 'an insult', says ¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾
¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “A pay award below the current level of inflation is an insult. Unless inflation falls, the government is forcing a very real pay cut on its NHS workers. This knife-edge gameplaying is no way to treat people who prop up a system in crisis."
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12/02/2026
Press Release
Record 12-hour A&E waits show how endemic corridor care is, says ¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾
Executive Director of ¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ England Patricia Marquis, said: “Nursing staff have been sounding the alarm for far too long about the crisis in our A&E departments. Today’s figures show just how endemic corridor care is and the damage being done to patient care."
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12/02/2026
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¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ Wales disappointed by 3.3% Welsh government NHS pay award
Agenda for Change staff will receive a pay increase of 3.3%
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11/02/2026
Press Release
¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ Demands Immediate Action on Nursing Pay Progression in Wales
An announcement was made today for NHS England nursing staff that demonstrates the Westminster government has listened to the ¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ concerns about lack of career progression.
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11/02/2026
Press Release
Government announces ‘significant’ improvement to nursing career progression following ¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ talks
¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said today’s announcement is significant progress on career progression for nursing staff.
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09/02/2026
Press Release
Recognition of the problem and efforts to resolve it are vindication of the alarm call from nursing staff, says ¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾
¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: "Corridor care is a system-wide problem, with patients unable to access community, mental health or social care services when they need it and having no choice but to turn up at A&E, and requires transformation in every part of the system."
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04/02/2026
Press Release
Dashboard is flashing red for a workforce drowning under toxic workloads and unsafe staffing levels, warns ¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾
¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ Chief Nursing Officer Lynn Woolsey said: “Nursing staff take pride in doing their best for patients but this report shows the dashboard is flashing red for a workforce drowning under unmanageable workloads, unsafe staffing levels within toxic environments."
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04/02/2026
Press Release
Meeting targets, reducing waiting times and helping people live longer needs highly skilled nurses, says ¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾
¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ Chief Nursing Officer Lynn Woolsey said: “The reality is that a successful cancer plan needs nursing staff at its heart. That includes highly skilled Advanced Nurse Practitioners and cancer nurse specialists who devise and deliver person-centred treatment plans, but also community, district nurses and palliative care nurses who help people recover and live with cancer from home. "
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04/02/2026
Press Response
NMC Report Highlights Pay and Development Pressures Facing Welsh Nurses
Professor Sandy Harding, ¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ Wales Associate Director of Nursing, Policy and Professional Development responds to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Spotlight on Nursing and Midwifery 2025 report.
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29/01/2026
Press Release
Premature deaths can be avoided if government commits to safe nurse staffing, says ¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾
¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “The consequences of the failure to deliver detailed, fully funded workforce plans are evident across every NHS setting, with patient needs regularly going unmet and care standards collapsing."
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