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8 May 2025
Members tell MSPs about the need to value nursing
Marking exactly one year until the Scottish Parliament elections, RCN members met yesterday (Wednesday 7 may) with MSPs and senior nurse leaders to discuss the unique value that nursing can bring to efforts to renew and deliver sustainable health and care services to meet the needs of Scotland.
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6 May 2025
Workforce strategy must underpin health and social care reform
Our latest ‘The Nursing Workforce in Scotland’ report shows the pressures on Scotland’s health and care system and the ongoing nursing workforce crisis have shown little sign of improvement.
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23 Apr 2025
Consultation on NHS Scotland pay offer open
From today, we’re asking members working in the NHS in Scotland to vote to accept or reject the Scottish government NHS offer
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14 Apr 2025
Finalists unveiled in our RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards 2025
Celebrating the #BestOfNursing in Scotland, we are delighted to unveil the finalists across the 12 categories of our 2025 RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards.
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11 Apr 2025
RCN to consult members in Scotland on pay offer
We’ll be consulting members on the Scottish government’s NHS pay offer from noon on Wednesday 23 April and until noon on 14 May 2025.
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8 Apr 2025
RCN Scotland responds to Scottish Government’s NHS pay offer for 2025-26 and 2026-27
RCN Scotland Board members are considering a pay offer for NHS Scotland staff from Scottish government.
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21 Feb 2025
Cabinet Secretary faces scrutiny from RCN Scotland Board
RCN Scotland board members have made clear to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Neil Gray MSP that he must do significantly more to if he is to rebuild the shattered trust between the Scottish government and RCN members.
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20 Feb 2025
‘I would strongly encourage any band 5 nurses to make a submission'
Nurse in Grampian talks about positive outcome from band 5 nursing roles review.
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13 Feb 2025
Ministerial taskforce report is an important step towards tackling the nursing workforce crisis
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.
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4 Feb 2025
RCN Scotland calls for nursing bursary “missing millions” to be invested in tackling nursing workforce challenges
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.
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