Howard Catton: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Chief Executive of the International Council of Nurses (ICN)
- Quoted on
- NHS & care workforce/staffing, Women's health & gynaecology, Adult social care & reform, Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- Tracked press citations
- 5
- Most recently quoted
- 29 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
“A sense of vocation may bring people into nursing, but it does not put food on the table, and it cannot protect nurses from burnout. The profession is being squeezed at both ends: younger generations rightly expect fair reward, flexibility, and opportunities to progress, while experienced nurses are being driven out by intolerable pressures. As a predominantly female profession, nursing must also provide decent work and genuine opportunities for women. Governments have relied on nurses' sense of vocation for too long; this evidence shows why policymakers must look seriously at what makes nursing a sustainable career.”
What Howard Catton has said
“This report highlights a replacement strategy which has not been obvious before”
Chief executive of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) · NHS & care workforce/staffing · 29 Sept 2026 · Huge shortfall in global nursing workforce risks widening health inequalities ↗
“advanced practice nursing is 'the most powerful ways to prevent illness, manage conditions, and keep people well' and 'letting it stall now would be one of global health's greatest missed opportunities'.”
Chief Executive of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) · Women's health & gynaecology · 29 Sept 2026 · Advanced practice nurses are ‘a global health priority’, says ICN chief executive ↗
“It is time to structurally empower the nursing workforce to enable their full impact”
Chief Executive of the International Council of Nurses · Adult social care & reform · 8 Sept 2026 · Fresh call to address ‘imbalance’ of nurses in acute versus community ↗
“Migration should not be a tap turned on and off. It must be ethical, planned and mutually beneficial.”
CEO, International Council of Nurses · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · Recruiting nurses overseas must work for all | Letter ↗
Where Howard Catton has been quoted
- nursing, healthcare, nurse, nurse shortage, nurse educationaccessnewswire.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Huge shortfall in global nursing workforce risks widening health inequalitiesnursingtimes.net · 29 Sept 2026
- Advanced practice nurses are ‘a global health priority’, says ICN chief executivenursinginpractice.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Fresh call to address ‘imbalance’ of nurses in acute versus communitynursingtimes.net · 8 Sept 2026
- Recruiting nurses overseas must work for all | Lettertheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
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