Today (13 Feb), the Scottish government has published its report Delivering Together for a Stronger Nursing and Midwifery Workforce, the culmination of the two years of collaborative working through the Ministerial led Nursing and Midwifery Taskforce.
Ahead of MSPs debating and voting on the Scottish government budget today [4 February], we have called for millions of pounds in unspent nursing bursary payments to be invested in tackling the nursing workforce crisis.
Shocking testimony from RCN members on the risks and negative impact of overcrowding in Scotland’s hospitals led to a challenging debate in the Scottish Parliament.
UCAS figures published today show that for the third year in a row Scotland has failed to fill the places on nursing courses and recruit the number of nursing students needed.
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.
