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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."

Stirling nurse wins Nursing Standard award

Published: 13 March 2013

Congratulations to Shirley Law, Director of Practice Development at the Dementia Services Development Centre at the University of Stirling, who last night (12 March) won the Mental Health Award at the Nursing Standard Awards ceremony in London.

Workforce numbers hide wider pressures, warns RCN Scotland

Published: 26 February 2013

Workforce numbers hide wider pressures on nurses and other staff in our health services which is bad news for patients, warns the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Scotland today.

Student numbers maintained, but looming shortage of nurses, warns RCN

Published: 25 February 2013

Halt in downward trend of the number of student nurses in training is only first step to safeguarding the nursing workforce of the future, says RCN Scotland

RCN Scotland comments on Audit Scotland waiting times report

Published: 21 February 2013

Public needs to have confidence in the systems used to record and manage waiting times, says RCN Scotland Director

RCN comments on Scottish Government response to health and social care integration consultation

Published: 13 February 2013

RCN Scotland Director comments on Scottish Government response to health and social care integration consultation

New number for NHS 24

Published: 23 January 2013

RCN Scotland comments on news of new phone number for NHS 24 patient helpline

RCN Scotland comments on announcement that NHS employers to pay PVG membership fee for staff

Published: 21 December 2012

Commenting on the announcement today by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing Alex Neil MSP that, as a gesture of goodwill, NHS employers in Scotland will pay staff’s membership fee for the new Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG), RCN Scotland Associate Director for Employment Relations Norman Provan, said

RCN Scotland comments on Ministerial Statement on Waiting Times