Professor Lis Neubeck, Head of the Centre for Cardiovascular Health at Edinburgh Napier University, received the outstanding achievement award at the RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards ceremony tonight (23 May 2024).
RCN members have left key politicians and senior nurse leaders in no doubt that action is needed to address Scotland’s nursing workforce crisis and to ensure nursing is seen as an attractive and rewarding career.
In our third instalment of ‘The Nursing Workforce in Scotland’ report published today (15 May), it is evident that Scotland’s nursing workforce crisis is showing little sign of improvement.
As the new First Minister comes into post, RCN Scotland is calling on the Scottish government to get to grips with the workforce crisis that is facing our health and social care services and focus on delivering safe and effective care for the people of Scotland.
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.
RCN Scotland has welcomed confirmation from the Scottish government that staff working in health and social care can now have access to FFP3 masks based on risk assessment and personal preferences.
