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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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Time to highlight the value of nursing in care homes
While the NHS is very much part of everyone’s life, most of us don’t engage with care homes until later in life. This may be during a crisis when a friend, relative or indeed we are in need of support and subsequently make contact with social care services.
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Our time to shine – nominate today
I cannot express how proud I was to be part of the first RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards. The shared passion and commitment to our profession filled the National Museum of Scotland in what was truly a night of celebration for nursing.
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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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The student, the nursing support worker and the mysterious poly bag
Today is all about celebrating and recognising the contribution nursing support workers make across health and care services. I remember my first few weeks as a student nurse working in a medical ward.
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Celebrating Nurses’ Day the Care Home way
Earlier this month nursing staff across the world celebrated international nurses’ day, the anniversary of Florence Nightingales birth and an opportunity to recognise and showcase the important contribution nursing staff make.
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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.