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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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Ministerial taskforce report is an important step towards tackling the nursing workforce crisis
Today (13 Feb), the Scottish government has published its report Delivering Together for a Stronger Nursing and Midwifery Workforce, the culmination of the two years of collaborative working through the Ministerial led Nursing and Midwifery Taskforce.
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RCN Scotland MSP briefing - Nursing and Midwifery Taskforce
Briefing for MSPs on the Scottish government’s Nursing and Midwifery Taskforce report Delivering Together for a Stronger Nursing and Midwifery Workforce and the 44 recommended actions they have made.
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Calling all artists for nursing and art exhibition
In June 2025 we will launch an exhibition of art by and about nurses. We want to hear from you if you are a practicing artist or know someone who is.
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RCN Scotland calls for nursing bursary “missing millions” to be invested in tackling nursing workforce challenges
Ahead of MSPs debating and voting on the Scottish government budget today [4 February], we have called for millions of pounds in unspent nursing bursary payments to be invested in tackling the nursing workforce crisis.
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Corridor care must be eradicated, not normalised
It’s World Patient Safety Day, and as winter approaches Colin Poolman outlines why the unsafe practice of ‘corridor care’ must come to an end.
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Celebrate the difference nursing makes
I know many of you will be holding activities today and over the weekend to mark Nurses’ Day.
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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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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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Improving AfC - one step at a time
The Agenda for Change (AfC) pay scheme came into operation at the end of 2004. Twenty years on and the cracks in the system are widening every year.
