Blogs

Julie Lamberth 1 May 2025

Voting is the key to our collective strength

Our choice is to accept or reject the pay offer, not whether to vote or not, says Julie Lamberth.

Eileen McKenna 31 Mar 2025

On the anniversary of the Safe Staffing Act, we ask ‘What difference has a year made?’

Tomorrow (1 April), it will have been exactly a year since Scotland’s safe staffing legislation came into force. The Act itself was never intended to be an instant fix for the issues in the nursing workforce and more work is required, says Eileen McKenna.

Amanda Manson 27 Mar 2025

Nursing in remote and rural Scotland

As Scottish government continues with the development of a remote and rural delivery plan, Amanda Manson reflects on the challenges of building a specialist nursing service on the remote archipelago of Orkney.