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The Nursing Workforce in Scotland 2024
Scotland’s nursing workforce crisis shows little sign of improvement. Years of underinvestment and a lack of workforce planning is being compounded by poor population health, increasing clinical need and the fallout from the pandemic. This combination paints a desperate picture.
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Share your views on safe staffing
Scotland’s safe staffing legislation - the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 – came into force last month. We want to understand and measure the impact of the Act.
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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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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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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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Stories from Hospitals Back Home during the First World War (hybrid)
Join our panel of speakers for an evening of talks exploring how in the First World War, volunteers provided nurses with vital support as they cared for sick and wounded soldiers in hospitals back home.
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Celebrating and supporting internationally educated nursing staff series
Topic - Understanding statutory leave within the independent health and social care setting
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What's happening with the Assisted Dying Bill in Scotland?
Colin Poolman, RCN Scotland Director, sets out what's happening with the Scottish legislation on assisted dying.
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PARLIAMENTARY: Remote and Rural Healthcare Inquiry
RCN Scotland provided evidence to the Committee’s inquiry, including the issues that need to be addressed in the Scottish Government’s forthcoming remote and rural workforce strategy.
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POLICY: Public Health Scotland consultation on draft 5-year vaccinations and immunisation plan
RCN Scotland welcomes the mission statement of the plan but has concern around proposals to expand the non-registered vaccinator role.
