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Parliamentary Briefing - Stage 2 debate Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Bill
The RCN welcomes many of the amendments lodged ahead of stage 2, which it feels would improve and strengthen the Bill. In particular, the shift to a multidisciplinary focus is welcome.
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RCN briefing - Registered nurses in care homes
RCN Scotland is proud to represent members working in social care settings, including Scotland’s care homes. As a stakeholder in the social care sector, RCN Scotland believes that it is the right of every resident in Scotland’s care homes to receive high quality, safe care, to be treated with dignity and respect and to have their human rights upheld.
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RCN Employment survey Scotland 2019
The report of findings from the RCN's survey of members in Scotland in 2019. The RCN received 1,916 responses from Scotland out of a total of 8,307 responses across the UK. This survey is the latest in a long running series undertaken with RCN members, including registered nurses and health care support workers.
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RCN briefing - Senior Charge Nurse
Senior Charge Nurses (SCNs) are the clinical and professional leaders for nursing staff delivering care. RCN Scotland believes that SCNs – and their equivalents in the community – have a vital role to play in the delivery of safe and effective care. The RCN has campaigned for SCNs to be non-caseload holding for over a decade.
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Parliamentary Briefing - Bullying and harassment in the NHS debate 10 September 2019
Following the Sturrock Report into bullying and harassment in NHS Highland, published earlier in the summer, MSPs debated bullying and harassment in the NHS in the Scottish Parliament on 10 September. Read the RCN's briefing to MSPs, which makes clear the organisation's stance that no-one at work should feel they are being bullied.
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Written submission (Health & Sport Committee call for views Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Bill)
RCN Scotland’s response to the call for views issued by the Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee on the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Bill
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Parliamentary Briefing - STAGE 1 DEBATE: HUMAN TISSUE (AUTHORISATION) (SCOTLAND) BILL
The RCN supports the principles of the Human Tissue (Authorisation) (Scotland) Bill. In 2018 the RCN issued a position statement on soft opt out organ donation.
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Written submission (Human Tissue (Authorisation) (Scotland) Bill)
RCN Scotland’s response to the call for views issued by the Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee on the Human Tissue (Authorisation) (Scotland) Bill.
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RCN Member Briefing - Stage 3 debate Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Bill
Ahead of the Stage 3 debate on the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Bill, which takes place on Thursday 2 May, read the latest RCN position on amendments to the Bill and how RCN member support has been central to development of that position.
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Member Briefing - Post Stage 2 debate Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Bill
The Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee has now concluded its stage 2 proceedings on the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) bill. Many of the amendments lodged by MSPs had been inspired by the work that the RCN has done on the bill and through the Ask for more campaign.
