RCN Scotland has warned that Scottish Labour’s pledge to introduce a “Train here, stay here” policy for nursing students will not solve Scotland’s nursing retention and recruitment challenges.
In response to Cabinet Secretary Neil Gray’s recent appearance at Holyrood's Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, during which he said that certain parts of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill need to be removed, we have written to Mr Gray and the Secretary of State for Scotland to seek urgent clarity on the matter.
NHS nursing staff in Scotland are getting a boost to their pay in February, under a guarantee in the NHS pay deal covering 2025-26 and 2026-27 negotiated by the RCN and the joint health trade unions.
RCN members met with Tom Arthur MSP, Minister for Social Care and Mental Wellbeing, to discuss the vital role of nursing within Scotland’s care homes and community health services.
The band 5 nursing roles review is underway, and we spoke to Diane Steele, an RCN member in NHS Lanarkshire, about the process she went through to get a successful outcome.
District nurses working in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde have been successful in their dispute over job evaluation, following intervention from RCN Scotland.
