News
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Organisations across Scotland join together to campaign for health visiting
Published: 13 May 2013
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Scotland is joining the Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People, Parenting Across Scotland, Children in Scotland and the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland, to campaign for tougher legislation to enshrine Scotland’s commitment to health visiting in law.
Mair Scholarship 2013
Published: 02 May 2013
Information about funding for occupational health nurses to undertake study or research now being offered by the RCN Foundation.
NHS Scotland facing unprecedented pressures, warns RCN
Published: 24 April 2013
NHS Scotland is facing a perfect storm of all-year-round pressures, ward closures, scandals about waiting times and ongoing cuts to nursing staff.
Better support is needed for whistleblowers, say 60% of nurses in Scotland
Published: 23 April 2013
Six out of 10 nurses (60%) in Scotland believe that better support is needed for whistleblowers, according to a survey conducted for the RCN. The poll also revealed that just 30% of those surveyed believe their workplace has a good culture, where staff are listened to and concerns acted upon.
Action needed to combat unsafe staffing levels, warns RCN
Published: 22 April 2013
Nine out of ten nurses in Scotland (90%) believe that staffing levels are not always adequate to provide safe patient care, according to a new survey carried out by ICM on behalf of the Royal College of Nursing. And over a quarter (27%) of nurses in Scotland think that staffing levels are rarely or never safe.
Nurses spend over 275,000 hours a week on paperwork in Scotland, warns RCN
Published: 21 April 2013
Nurses are being prevented from caring for their patients because they are drowning in a sea of paperwork, an ICM survey for the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) warned today (21 April).
Continuing concerns at Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh must be addressed, says RCN Scotland
Published: 11 April 2013
An unannounced inspection by Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) has highlighted a number of continuing issues in older people’s care at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE), says the RCN.
Scotland’s families deserve health visitors, says RCN Scotland
Published: 18 April 2013
Health visitors make a significant contribution to the health and wellbeing of children, families and local communities across the country, says RCN as it joins partner organisations in the children’s sector to campaign for stronger legislation for a universal health visiting service.
RCN Scotland comment on health board involvement with Patient Opinion
Published: 19 March 2013
Commenting on the announcement that all health boards will now be part of independent site Patient Opinion, RCN Scotland Associate Director, Norman Provan, said: "We warmly welcome this announcement, which is a positive step in ensuring that patients remain at the heart of Scotland’s NHS."
‘Fully joined-up approach needed’: RCN responds to Audit Scotland’s report on improving community planning
Published: 20 March 2013
Commenting on today’s report by Audit Scotland on improving community planning in Scotland, Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Scotland Director Theresa Fyffe said: “We fully agree with Audit Scotland’s timely analysis that Community Planning Partnerships (CPPs) are at a crossroads. In today’s economic climate, with a major shift in the age of our population, it is clear that significant changes are needed to how public services are delivered."