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POLICY POSITION: Evidence-based Nurse Staffing Levels
This Policy Position accompanies the RCN report ‘Guidance on safe nurse staffing levels in the UK’, which sets out the range of different factors that influence the total demand for staff and highlights the variety of methods for planning or reviewing staffing levels.
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POLICY: Scottish Government consultation on a new public health body - Public Health Scotland
RCN Scotland response to the consultation on proposed new arrangements for public health which are designed to ensure the effective delivery of improved health and wellbeing outcomes for the population of Scotland.
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POLICY - Enhanced care in the palm of their hand: Developing mobile technologies for Scotland’s district nursing teams
This report provides an insight into how mobile technologies can support district nursing teams to work more effectively with people in their own home or care home. It looks at where Scotland is today in the use of these technologies, and makes recommendations for what needs to happen to make them a reality for nursing teams on the ground.
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POLICY - Principles for a technology-enabled health and social care service: A view from the health professions working in primary care
A joint statement from professional leaders in primary care, submitted to the Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee Inquiry into Technology and Innovation in the NHS.
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POLICY - Safe staffing in Scotland - Briefing for members
Information, advice and how to have your say on safe staffing legislation in Scotland
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POLICY: The Modern Outpatient
In broad terms, there are key messages in the Modern Outpatients document which align to RCN priorities. However, the document sets out an ambitious programme of reform in just three years.
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POLICY - RCN response to the Scottish Government consultation on a Safe and Effective Staffing Bill
RCN Scotland consultation response, setting out how legislation could ensure safe and effective staffing and impact positively on the safety and quality of care and the outcomes for individuals using services by ensuring that the right staff with the right skills are in place to deliver care in all settings and at all times.
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POLICY - 'Equally Safe' strategy consultation response
RCN Scotland response to the Scottish Government's consultation on 'Equally Safe' strategy.
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POLICY - The landscape for bed-based intermediate care in Scotland
This report describes how intermediate care beds are being provided in Scotland. It also looks at the benefits of high quality bed-based intermediate care as part of integrated health and social care services.
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POLICY - Tool to support nursing leaders making decisions about bed-based intermediate care
Bed-based intermediate care is an important model of care to help people to avoid hospital or get home sooner. This tool from RCN Scotland sets out what nursing staff should consider when making decisions about bed-based intermediate care.