Our latest 鈥楾he Nursing Workforce in Scotland鈥� report shows the pressures on Scotland鈥檚 health and care system and the ongoing nursing workforce crisis have shown little sign of improvement.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Shocking testimony from RCN members on the risks and negative impact of overcrowding in Scotland鈥檚 hospitals led to a challenging debate in the Scottish Parliament.
