Ensuring high quality representation for members: A statement of expectations for RCN Reps

This framework is designed to give you the best support and resources available to help you confidentially carry out your role.

Industrial Action by Other Unions: advice for RCN members

This publication outlines what approach RCN members should take relating to their own contract of employment, while ensuring they do not undermine the lawful industrial action taken by other trade union colleagues.

Clinical Nurse Specialists in Early Pregnancy Care Consensus Statement

This publication details further work following the impact assessment and subsequent report of the RCN’s Clinical Nurse Specialists in Early Pregnancy Care Standards in 2021. To address recommendations from that report, the project team worked with key stakeholders to clarify the way forward, ensuring the standards are fit for purpose and supporting implementation of the standards.

Valuing Nursing in the UK

Despite public support for the nursing profession, governments across the UK are failing to value and support nursing staff. Nursing staff feel undervalued and unsafe, causing an alarming number to leave the profession altogether. This report presents a range of factors which impact retention, as well as recommendations for action to bring widespread benefits for the workforce, and for safe and effective care.

Impact of Staffing Levels on Safe and Effective Patient Care

This evidence review was commissioned to support policy influencing and to point RCN staff and members towards the latest evidence on staffing for safe and effective care. A previous evidence review was completed to support the RCN’s Staffing for Safe and Effective Care (2019) report, with this current evidence review bringing that up to date.

Exhibitions in Scotland

Outreach services

RCN Scotland's learning activities, educational courses, local learning and other resources specific to Scotland for RCN members.

Supporting our members who work in care homes

Resources for supporting our members who work in care homes

Nursing support workers

in Scotland

RCN Scotland Activist Conference 2025

Programme