Blogs
Read the latest opinions from the RCN in Scotland
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blog posts
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19 Oct 2022
Stand up now and demand change
If we are to achieve meaningful and lasting change, each and every one of us eligible to vote must take the opportunity and make our opinion known.
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30 Aug 2022
Are you ballot ready?
I’ve been taken aback by the reaction from members to the news that we are to be balloting for strike action. The significant level of turnout and support for action was clear from our recent ballot result.
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25 Jul 2022
What would industrial action on NHS pay mean?
Industrial action is a tool of last resort but it's time for RCN members to flex their collective muscle, says Geoff Earl.
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15 Jul 2022
Enough is enough - it's time to send the strongest message possible
It’s holiday season, the Conservatives are electing a new leader and temperatures, like prices, continue to soar. So with all that’s going on, it is understandable if not quite everyone is aware that this week we launched our ballot on the Scottish government’s pay offer to NHS staff.
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29 Jun 2022
A simple step but crucial to success
It’s a message we can’t emphasise enough, says Graham Revie – RCN members need to keep their membership details up to date.
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27 Jun 2022
Hearing the nursing voice - Listening to independent sector social care nurses
I had the pleasure of undertaking this research which aimed to really capture the experience of nursing in social care through those who work in social care, to hear their voice and truth. To help define the role by what they tell us, and to improve the image and promote the value that nursing staff bring to social care.
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27 Jun 2022
Championing the voice of the care home nurse
The pandemic highlighted the vast contribution made by care homes and I’m delighted to see care homes across Scotland taking part in Care Home Open Week - celebrating their essential contribution to their communities.
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27 Jun 2022
A clinical role in care homes
I’m always fascinated when I hear nurses from out with the care home sector say that care home nurses don’t do as many ‘clinical things’ on a day-to-day basis as their ward-based colleagues. So, what are these mysterious, highly complex skills/tasks that are only carried out in a ward, ones that care home nurses don’t do every day?
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23 Jun 2022
It's time to talk about nursing pay
As I hope many RCN members who work in the NHS are aware, last week the Scottish government made a single-year pay offer for 2022-23 to staff working in the NHS on Agenda for Change terms and conditions.
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19 May 2022
Celebrating success: remembering the impact of RCN member action on safe staffing legislation
In June, when RCN Congress returns to Glasgow for the first time since 2016, it will be six years since First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told RCN members of her plan to introduce safe staffing legislation in Scotland.
Page last updated - 12/04/2023
