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1 Apr 2022
Member voices calling for decision makers to value the nursing workforce
Scotland’s political parties and senior nurse leaders heard heartfelt stories from the frontline during RCN’s Valuing Nursing roundtable in Edinburgh on 30 March 2022.
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29 Mar 2022
New report highlights urgent action needed to tackle Scotland’s staffing crisis
In the report, which contains a new analysis of nursing workforce statistics and challenges facing workforce planning, RCN Scotland highlights how the record-high vacancy rate for nursing staff is a serious threat to maintaining high quality patient care.
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11 Mar 2022
More questions than answers in Scottish government workforce strategy says RCN Scotland
The publication of the Scottish government’s National Workforce Strategy for Health and Social Care in Scotland leaves significant questions unanswered according to the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Scotland.
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1 Mar 2022
RCN Scotland welcomes delay to NHS pension contributions changes
RCN Scotland has welcomed an announcement from the Scottish government that proposals for changes to pension contributions for NHS staff will be delayed until October.
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1 Mar 2022
No respite for nursing staff amidst latest record high vacancy rate
RCN Scotland says urgent action is needed on nursing and midwifery vacancies as rate hits new record high.
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24 Feb 2022
RCN Scotland comment on Audit Scotland NHS in Scotland 2021 report
The Auditor General’s review of the NHS in Scotland, published today (Thursday 24 February), makes clear the need to address staff vacancies across health and social care services in responding to the pandemic.
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7 Feb 2022
RCN lobbying gets extension of NHS pension rules for members
The temporary suspension of NHS pension scheme abatement rules has been extended until 31 October 2022 for NHS staff in Scotland.
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26 Jan 2022
RCN Scotland survey shows pressure on nursing staff means 6 in 10 are thinking about leaving their job
Nursing staff in Scotland are feeling under enormous pressure with six in 10 either considering or actively planning on leaving their job, new figures from RCN Scotland reveal.
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17 Jan 2022
RCN Scotland comments on nursing students starting their placement
Responding to the Scottish government’s announcement about nursing students starting their placements, Royal College of Nursing Interim Director Colin Poolman said: “It is important to be clear that this cohort of nursing students are going in to clinical areas to learn as part of their programme requirements, not to be part of the workforce. It is absolutely vital that, even during the pandemic, nursing students have access to a safe and supportive learning environment and their supernumerary status as learners is retained.
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12 Jan 2022
High levels of staff absence are cause for concern
Scottish government figures on staff absence published today show a continued increase in the number of nursing staff off work as a result of COVID-19.
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