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RCN survey reveals effect of pandemic on nursing staff
Pressures faced by nursing staff amid the pandemic revealed, showing nursing 'in a light never seen before'.
Updated: 11 January 2022 -
Happy Nursing Support Workers’ Day 2023
Today, 23 November, the RCN in Scotland is celebrating Nursing Support Workers’ Day, to acknowledge the vital part they play health and social care.
Updated: 22 April 2024 -
RCN Scotland comment on reports National Care Service Bill to be delayed
RCN Scotland has welcomed reports that the Scottish Government will delay progress of the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill until June.
Updated: 1 August 2023 -
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.
Updated: 1 March 2024 -
New RCN Scotland exhibition shares stories of nursing in a pandemic
The impact of working through a pandemic is being explored through the real-life experiences of nursing staff in the Royal College of Nursing Scotland’s latest exhibition – opening on 30 November 2023.
Updated: 14 April 2024 -
RCN Scotland responds to new UCAS data showing a drop in acceptances onto nursing programmes
New UCAS data published today [21 September] shows a 14% drop in acceptances onto nursing programmes in Scotland in the last year.
Updated: 19 February 2024 -
RCN members meet Minister to discuss national care service proposals
Nurses working in the community attended a roundtable meeting with Maree Todd MSP, Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport, to discuss the critical role nursing plays in care homes and community health services.
Updated: 26 February 2024 -
Pay increase for Scotland's general practice nursing staff
Nursing staff employed in general practice are to get a 6.5% pay increase. The increase is to be implemented from 1 October and backdated to 1 April 2023.
Updated: 3 March 2024 -
New RCN Scotland report highlights urgent need for nursing retention strategy
Scotland’s nursing workforce urgently needs a retention strategy to keep more nurses in their jobs at all stages of their career.
Updated: 1 October 2023 -
Urgent Scottish government action needed to halt the exodus of registered nurses from the profession
A new RCN report published today [13 February] highlights the crisis of skilled and experienced nurses leaving the profession.
Updated: 16 July 2023