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Before taking action hard work to be done
On the day that dates are being announced for another round of strike action in England, Colin Poolman, RCN Scotland Director, outlines what is happening in Scotland to prepare for strike action in the New Year.
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Now is the time to focus on tackling Scotland’s health and social care crisis, not restructuring services for a National Care Service
Last month I gave evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee on the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill.
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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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The worst winter that the NHS in Scotland has faced
This week the First Minister has admitted that this winter is ‘without doubt the worst that the NHS in Scotland has faced’.
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Our priorities for the review of Agenda for Change
The pay offer we are consulting on has more to it than money alone. Many of you are asking about the review of Agenda for Change (AfC) and what this might mean.
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Progressing our 2023 workforce report recommendations
In May we published our second annual Nursing Workforce in Scotland Report. If you haven’t already seen it, it’s worth a read.
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Celebrating 75 years of the NHS
In the years leading up to the creation of the NHS, Scotland was at the forefront of testing and establishing new approaches to organised healthcare.
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Four years on from the passing of Scotland’s groundbreaking safe staffing legislation
Eileen Mckenna says that the Act’s implementation next year must deliver positive change.
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'It takes a lot of work to unlearn our own biases'
Kathrina Coronel, an internationally educated nurse from the Philippines who is working in Scotland, reflects on her journey to and experience of living in the UK.
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The pressures nursing staff are facing show no sign of relenting
On the face of it, the graphs might seem to be moving in the right direction, but there were still almost 12,000 people waiting more than four hours before being seen in Scotland’s A&E departments, according to the latest statistics for week ending 15 January 2023.