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Share your views on safe staffing
Scotland’s safe staffing legislation - the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 – came into force last month. We want to understand and measure the impact of the Act.
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Result of RCN Scotland consultation on NHS pay offer
RCN members have voted to accept the pay offer to NHS staff on Agenda for Change contracts.
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Research nurse awarded RCN Fellowship for seminal work in emotional labour in nursing
Professor Pam Smith MBE, Professorial Fellow from the School of Health in Social Science at the University of Edinburgh, has received the RCN’s top honour of being made a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing in recognition of her contribution to and prominence in nursing education and research.
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Scottish nurse awarded RCN Fellowship for unwavering commitment to the advancement of nursing
Professor Aisha Holloway, Chair of Nursing Studies and Co-Director of the Edinburgh Global Nursing Initiative, within the School of Health in Social Science at The University of Edinburgh has received the RCN’s top honour of being made a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing in recognition of her contribution to global nursing issues and global health-promoting policies, and her commitment to early career leadership development in nursing.
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RCN Scotland calls for better support and compensation for nursing staff who remain impacted by long COVID
Ahead of a Holyrood debate this week to mark International long COVID awareness day, we briefed MSPs on the devastating impact of long COVID and are calling for nursing staff who contracted COVID at work, and whose lives are still affected, to be better supported.
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Assisted Dying Bill must contain the necessary safeguards to protect nurses and nursing practice
RCN Scotland Director, Colin Poolman gave evidence this week to Holyrood’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee as part of its scrutiny of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill.
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UCAS figures that show the number of nursing students is stagnating
UCAS figures published today show that for the third year in a row Scotland has failed to fill the places on nursing courses and recruit the number of nursing students needed.
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RCN makes closing statement at Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry impact hearings
Statement set out what we believe are main lessons to be learned from pandemic.
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RCN Scotland calls for a nursing retention strategy as workforce crisis shows little sign of improvement
In our third instalment of ‘The Nursing Workforce in Scotland’ report published today (15 May), it is evident that Scotland’s nursing workforce crisis is showing little sign of improvement.
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RCN opposes a 'wholly owned subsidiary' company at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
RCN Yorkshire and the Humber calls for ‘wholly owned subsidiary’ company proposals at the Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to be scrapped.
