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PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING Stage 1 Debate: Budget (Scotland)(no.5) Bill
At a time when budgets and resources are stretched, and ever-increasing demands are being placed on Scotland’s health care services, it is imperative that funding decisions are taken in a wholly transparent manner, and that their success can be scrutinised in a meaningful way. Over a number of years the RCN has raised concerns that the presentation of the Scottish budget has not allowed us to assess how investment decisions relate to national policy or outcome priorities. If we continue to deliver care in the same way we do now, we know the demands on our health care services will outstrip our ability to pay for them. Tough decisions on what to invest in or disinvest from will need to be made, in partnership with the public, with staff and across all political parties.
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PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING: Scottish Government debate: Health and social care (European Union workforce) 8 November 2016
RCN briefing for MSPs calls on the Scottish Government to work together with the UK government, and other political parties and stakeholders across Scotland to minimise the potential impact of Brexit on the health and social care workforce.
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PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING: Scottish Conservatives debate: NHS in Scotland 2 November 2016
On 2 November 2016, the Scottish Parliament debated a Scottish Conservatives motion on the NHS in Scotland. The RCN provided a briefing for MSPs setting out the organisation's position on some of the pressing issues.
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PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING: Scottish Conservatives debate: Education 8 June 2016
In this briefing RCN Scotland sets out its support for the introduction of the Named Person provision and highlights the key contribution made by health visitors to child and family health.
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PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING: Scottish Conservatives' debate: 18 January 2017
Health inequalities remain a significant problem in Scotland, says RCN Scotland ahead of a Scottish Parliament debate on 18 January 2017.
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RCN Last shift survey - Scotland briefing
In March 2022, the Royal College of Nursing invited nursing and midwifery staff from across the UK to tell us about their experiences of the last time they were at work. The survey provides valuable insight into the realities of staffing levels across Scotland, and the impact on our members and the people they are caring for.
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PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING: COVID Strategic Framework Update
The Scottish government’s COVID Strategic Framework Update seeks to outline how Scotland can move towards living with COVID, while also remobilising services. In our briefing to MSPs we highlight that neither of these aims will be possible without solutions for the current workforce crisis in our NHS and social care.
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PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING: Mental health in primary care
RCN briefing on mental health and wellbeing in primary care in Scotland
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PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING: RCN Scotland Employment Survey
Summary of the views of RCN members nearly two years into the pandemic. These findings paint a detailed picture of members’ professional lives during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING Health debate 2 March 2016
Health and care services are creaking at the seams and while the need to shift care from hospitals to the community is acknowledged, little action appears to have been taken. Difficult decisions need to be taken the community care vision is to become a reality. Different ways of delivering services are needed, as is investment in nursing and other staff to ensure the NHS is put on a sustainable footing for the future whilst meeting the vision for care at home.
