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Influencing Scottish health and social care policy and practice
RCN Nursing Workforce Standards
The RCN's Nursing Workforce Standards are the first national blueprint for tackling the nursing staff shortage levels across the UK. They set the standard for excellent patient care and nursing support in all settings, and all UK countries.
Safe staffing in Scotland
It has now been two years since the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 was passed. The RCN had been working closely with the Scottish Government to develop statutory guidance and Health Boards were making preparations for implementation too. Regrettably, this work had to be put on pause as services focussed on the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Independent review of adult social care in Scotland
Find out more about the review looking at the long-term future of adult social care in Scotland, what we've been doing so far and how you can get involved.
Nursing: a gender-neutral profession?
2021 sees further recognition of the pivotal role that nursing plays in securing the health and wellbeing of communities. Yet, deeply-engrained stereotypes about gender and nursing persist which impact on perceptions of nursing as a career choice.
Watch a recording of the RCN Scotland webinar on challenging and changing perceptions of gender and nursing.
Community nursing
Videos on the value of community nursing teams
Page last updated - 06/12/2021
