Blogs
Read the latest opinions from the RCN in Scotland
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blog posts
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28 Mar 2024
We must make sure the opportunity is not missed
I know I’m not the only RCN member working in the NHS who has been feeling frustrated at the delay in putting the Agenda for Change review recommendations into practice. Many of you have expressed your frustration to me and on social media.
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11 Mar 2024
1 April marks an important milestone as we move on to the next chapter in our fight for safe staffing
With less than a month until the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act comes into force from 1 April, this groundbreaking safe staffing legislation is needed now more badly than ever.
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7 Mar 2024
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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31 Jan 2024
Long term investment needed to ensure safe staffing
The reports of the level of efficiency savings or budget cuts that Scotland’s Health Boards are facing are extremely concerning, as are the reports of some of the approaches health boards are looking at to deliver these savings.
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23 Jan 2024
Scottish government asked to act urgently on Agenda for Change review
Delays on funding and implementation are 'frustrating and disappointing'.
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17 Jan 2024
Why we do not support the National Care Service Bill
Despite agreeing with the aims behind the Bill, Colin Poolman outlines why we cannot support it.
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6 Dec 2023
Celebrating Scotland’s nursing workforce
Our second annual Scotland Nurse of the Year awards opened last month for nominations.
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23 Nov 2023
The student, the nursing support worker and the mysterious poly bag
Today is all about celebrating and recognising the contribution nursing support workers make across health and care services. I remember my first few weeks as a student nurse working in a medical ward.
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23 Nov 2023
Nursing support workers are here for us – and we’re here for them
Nursing support workers’ day is an important date in my calendar every year.
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17 Nov 2023
'It takes a lot of work to unlearn our own biases'
Kathrina Coronel, an internationally educated nurse from the Philippines who is working in Scotland, reflects on her journey to and experience of living in the UK.
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