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Guidance on pin site care
This publication is under review and is due to be republished early 2020. Publication produced as a result of the project and offers guidance for the practice of pin site care based on expert opinion.
Updated: 4 February 2021 -
Making our voice heard
RCN Scotland is the voice of nursing. We represent nurses, nursing students and health care support workers. We promote excellence in practice and influence Scottish Government policies.
Updated: 4 February 2021 -
Annual report and consolidated accounts 2009-10
Annual report highlighting key areas and achievements in the RCN's work during the financial year 2009-10, and focuses on the contribution made by members and staff to deliver a better deal for nurses and for patients. The report reviews the year's events. Includes the Report of Council and the full...
Updated: 4 February 2021 -
Tuppence for the doctor, penny for the nurse
Publication using extracts from interviews and the RCN Archives photographic collection to bring to life the experiences of nurses working in the community throughout the 20th century.
Updated: 4 February 2021 -
Personal protective equipment: Use and availability during the COVID-19 pandemic
Findings from the RCN's online survey of nursing staff on the issues relating to personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Updated: 29 June 2022 -
PPE - are you safe?
Is the PPE you've been given safe? A flow chart including escalation steps if you have concerns.
Updated: 29 June 2022 -
Government indecision means nursing staff facing postcode lottery in PPE protection
Dame Donna Kinnair, Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing said: “The Government’s silence on this issue is creating a postcode lottery for nursing staff whereby some working on wards have access to the higher-grade face masks and others do not."
Updated: 22 January 2021 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to Prime Minister's statement on public sector workers and nursing staff
“There is little room for complacency about the increases to nurse numbers last year - they aren’t yet sufficient and are inflated by staff who came back to work in the pandemic."
Updated: 4 January 2021 -
Royal College of Nursing responds to expanding the NMC register to more overseas-trained nurses
Dame Donna Kinnair, RCN Chief Executive and General Secretary, said: “These measures are vital to expand the nursing workforce temporarily and help services in providing the highest level of care to patients."
Updated: 5 January 2021 -
RCN responds to the Prime Minister's statement on public sector workers and nursing staff in the House of Commons today
RCN Chief Executive and General Secretary, Dame Donna Kinnair, said: "It cannot be right that ten months into this pandemic, our nursing staff are still worse off than ten years ago."
Updated: 25 January 2021