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RCN Scotland briefing on the preventative agenda
Nurses already make a significant impact on preventing disease and avoiding unnecessary hospital admission or treatment. Their role will only increase as the Scottish Government implements its public health agenda.
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PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING: Good Food Nation Bill Stage 1 debate
RCN Scotland supports the intention behind this legislation and the aspirations behind becoming a ‘Good Food Nation’.
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PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING: Stage 1 Debate: Budget 2022-23
This budget comes at a time when our health and care services face unprecedented challenges. RCN Scotland members, like all health and care staff across the country, are exhausted. Many are experiencing the toll of months of unrelenting pressure through mental and physical ill health and burnout.
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UCAS figures showing applicants to nursing courses in Scotland down by 8.3%
There are still several months left in this year’s application cycle, but these figures are a worrying snapshot following on from the fall in acceptances onto undergraduate nursing courses at Scottish universities in 2023 by 11% compared to the year before.
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New data on nurses and nursing students in Scotland underlines scale of workforce crisis
RCN Scotland has renewed its call for an urgent nursing retention strategy to attract new people to and keep more experienced nurses in the profession.
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RCN Scotland responds to Auditor General’s NHS in Scotland report
This year’s version of the annual report states that the NHS is ‘unable to meet the growing demand for health services’.
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POLICY: Scottish Government consultation on the delivering an Employment Injury Assistance Scheme
RCN Scotland agrees that the Industrial Injuries Scheme needs to be reformed and modernised particularly to include Long Covid
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Agenda for Change review’s recommendations to be fully implemented
Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care Neil Gray MSP gave the green light for implementation to begin from 1 April in a letter to the joint health trade unions and NHS employers.
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Together, we have the power to enact meaningful change
I am the new member for Scotland of the RCN Stewards Committee. I am genuinely excited not only about representing stewards in Scotland but also about the opportunity to meet and collaborate with each of you.
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POLICY: Adults with Incapacity Amendment Act
RCN Scotland response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on an Adults with Incapacity Amendment Act
