The new Scottish government must implement key measures that will help value the profession better to promote retention of today’s workforce and to attract the workforce of the future. We believe nurses deserve better, a belief supported by the evidence.

Our manifesto calls for:

• Fair pay and good employment terms and conditions reflecting nursing’s safety-critical role for registered nurses and nursing support workers in the NHS, independent sector and social care, including sectoral pay bargaining in social care.
• A clear career pathway that allows registered nurses to progress from band 5 to band 6 after completing a period of preceptorship.
• Implementation of the Nursing and Midwifery Taskforce recommendations, and the investment necessary to deliver this.
• Transformation of workplaces so that nursing staff can thrive and flourish, including the delivery of protected time for learning and development.
• Action to tackle violence and abuse and an end to the exploitation of health and social care workers. 

 

Find out more about our other themes and calls in our manifesto by visiting The Gloves are Off web pages.