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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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Nursing Workforce in Scotland report
In the report, which contains a new analysis of nursing workforce statistics and challenges facing workforce planning, RCN Scotland highlights how the record-high vacancy rate for nursing staff is a serious threat to maintaining high quality patient care and sets out it's 10 recommendations.
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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.
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PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING: Scottish Government debate on Long Covid
RCN Scotland does not take a position on what model is best to adopt to treat Long Covid, however, whatever model and pathways are used, the workforce requirements for that model is key.
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PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING: Health, Social Care & Sport Committee Inquiry into Alternative Pathways
The aim of the inquiry is to explore how alternative pathways are being accessed and used in primary care, and to identify key issues and opportunities for improvement.
