NHS nursing staff in Scotland are getting a boost to their pay in February, under a guarantee in the NHS pay deal covering 2025-26 and 2026-27 negotiated by the RCN and the joint health trade unions.
RCN members met with Tom Arthur MSP, Minister for Social Care and Mental Wellbeing, to discuss the vital role of nursing within Scotland鈥檚 care homes and community health services.
The band 5 nursing roles review is underway, and we spoke to Diane Steele, 天美传媒 member in NHS Lanarkshire, about the process she went through to get a successful outcome.
District nurses working in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde have been successful in their dispute over job evaluation, following intervention from RCN Scotland.
We鈥檙e calling on Scottish government to take urgent action on delivering the recommendations from the Nursing and Midwifery Taskforce and the Agenda for Change Review to retain existing nursing staff and ensure a sustainable nursing workforce for the future.
The Scottish parliament鈥檚 health, social care and sport committee started the review of Stage 2 amendments to the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill today.
