Ayrshire and Arran Branch
We champion local issues for RCN members working in Ayrshire and Arran. Get involved with our branch today and help our work.
Your branch team
- Chair: Maria Allina Das
- Treasurer: Julie Lamberth
- Secretary: Elissa Miller
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Contact us
- Call: 0345 772 6100
- Email: Scotland.Office@rcn.org.uk
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23 May 2024
Grampian based nurse named RCN Scotland’s Nursing Student of the Year
A Grampian staff nurse has been named Nursing Student of the Year at the glittering RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards ceremony tonight (23 May 2024).
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23 May 2024
Paisley based care home assistant named Nursing Support Worker of the Year
Angela Brown, a Care Assistant from Advinia Health Care’s Paisley nursing care home, Braemount, has been named Nursing Support Worker of the Year at the glittering RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards ceremony tonight (23 May 2024).
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23 May 2024
Nursing Team from Glasgow named Team of the Year
A nursing team from Glasgow which provides trauma-informed, person-centred health care for individuals brought to police custody have been named Scotland’s Nursing Team of the Year at a glittering RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year awards ceremony tonight (23 May 2024).
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23 May 2024
Edinburgh Napier Professor celebrated for outstanding achievement
Professor Lis Neubeck, Head of the Centre for Cardiovascular Health at Edinburgh Napier University, received the outstanding achievement award at the RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards ceremony tonight (23 May 2024).
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16 May 2024
Politicians hear directly from RCN members about the need to value nursing
RCN members have left key politicians and senior nurse leaders in no doubt that action is needed to address Scotland’s nursing workforce crisis and to ensure nursing is seen as an attractive and rewarding career.
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15 May 2024
RCN Scotland calls for a nursing retention strategy as workforce crisis shows little sign of improvement
In our third instalment of ‘The Nursing Workforce in Scotland’ report published today (15 May), it is evident that Scotland’s nursing workforce crisis is showing little sign of improvement.
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8 May 2024
RCN urges new First Minister to prioritise urgent action to tackle health and care crisis
As the new First Minister comes into post, RCN Scotland is calling on the Scottish government to get to grips with the workforce crisis that is facing our health and social care services and focus on delivering safe and effective care for the people of Scotland.
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1 May 2024
Share your views on safe staffing
Scotland’s safe staffing legislation - the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 – came into force last month. We want to understand and measure the impact of the Act.
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12 Apr 2024
Finalists unveiled in our RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards 2024
We are thrilled to unveil the finalists across 12 categories for our second RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards.
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1 Apr 2024
Groundbreaking safe staffing legislation comes into force but more nurses are needed
Scotland’s safe staffing legislation comes into force from today (1 April 2024). This is an opportunity to acknowledge the years of RCN campaigning that have got us to this point.
