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12 Dec 2024
UCAS figures that show the number of nursing students is stagnating
UCAS figures published today show that for the third year in a row Scotland has failed to fill the places on nursing courses and recruit the number of nursing students needed.
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5 Dec 2024
Lack of explicit funding in budget for Nursing and Midwifery Taskforce recommendations is 'disappointing'
On 4 December the Cabinet Secretary for Finance set out the draft Scottish budget for 2025-26.
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3 Dec 2024
Audit Scotland continues to call for clear strategies and plans for NHS reform
Audit Scotland publishes damning report about the Scottish government’s stewardship of the NHS.
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29 Nov 2024
RCN Scotland calls for the Scottish Budget to prioritise health and care services
Our latest report calls on the Scottish government to set out investment to grow and develop Scotland’s nursing workforce for the future, as it faces no respite from the nursing workforce crisis.
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22 Nov 2024
Happy Nursing Support Workers’ Day 2024
On 23 November, the RCN in Scotland is celebrating Nursing Support Workers’ Day, to acknowledge the vital part they play health and social care.
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21 Nov 2024
Assisted Dying Bill must contain the necessary safeguards to protect nurses and nursing practice
RCN Scotland Director, Colin Poolman gave evidence this week to Holyrood’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee as part of its scrutiny of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill.
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15 Oct 2024
RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards – nominations now open
Nominations are open for Scotland’s most prestigious nursing awards, with the title of RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year 2025 up for grabs.
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24 Sep 2024
Scottish government’s Winter Preparedness Plan must address ‘corridor care’
We’ve called for the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care to directly address the patient safety and dignity concerns associated with corridor care through the Winter Preparedness Plan being presented to Scottish Parliament.
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23 Sep 2024
Result of RCN Scotland consultation on NHS pay offer
RCN members have voted to accept the pay offer to NHS staff on Agenda for Change contracts.
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5 Sep 2024
Newly qualified nurses being unable to find NHS jobs raised at First Minister’s Questions
At the first session of First Minister’s Questions (FMQs) since MSPs returned to Holyrood from summer recess, the Scottish government was challenged on the difficulties that some newly qualified nurses (NQNs) are currently reporting with finding their first job.
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