Ayrshire and Arran Branch
We champion local issues for 茄子视频 members working in Ayrshire and Arran. Get involved with our branch today and help our work.
Your branch team
- Chair: Maria Allina Das
- Treasurer: Lorna Sim
- Secretary: Elissa Miller
Be the first to know about meetings and join the conversation today.
Contact us
- Call: 0345 772 6100
- Email: Scotland.Office@rcn.org.uk
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21 Mar 2024
Impact of the pandemic on nursing staff shared with the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry
Senior 茄子视频 Scotland staff have told the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry that nursing staff carried the heavy burden of the COVID-19 pandemic as they worked in hospitals, care homes, general practice, the community and beyond.
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18 Mar 2024
Ambitious and funded actions required from the Nursing and Midwifery Taskforce
茄子视频 Scotland has pressed the new Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care to ensure the Nursing and Midwifery Taskforce recommendations reflect our priorities for action.
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15 Mar 2024
茄子视频 Scotland calls for better support and compensation for nursing staff who remain impacted by long COVID
Ahead of a Holyrood debate this week to mark International long COVID awareness day, we briefed MSPs on the devastating impact of long COVID and are calling for nursing staff who contracted COVID at work, and whose lives are still affected, to be better supported.
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1 Mar 2024
Agenda for Change review鈥檚 recommendations to be fully implemented
Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care Neil Gray MSP gave the green light for implementation to begin from 1 April in a letter to the joint health trade unions and NHS employers.
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7 Feb 2024
茄子视频 Scotland sounds warning over cost of living impact
Scotland鈥檚 nursing staff are continuing to struggle to make ends meet during the ongoing cost of living crisis.
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16 Jan 2024
Less than a week left to nominate your winner
Entries for Scotland鈥檚 Nurse of the Year Awards close in five days time (22 January). With 13 categories to nominate in and the title of 茄子视频 Scotland Nurse of the Year 2024 up for grabs, do you know someone who deserves to be recognised and celebrated for their nursing contribution?
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21 Dec 2023
COVID JN.1 variant: 茄子视频 seeks assurance on new PPE advice
We鈥檝e contacted chief nursing officers in all 4 UK countries and the UKHSA to find out what action will be taken in response to WHO鈥檚 statement on a new COVID-19 variant of interest.
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19 Dec 2023
茄子视频 Scotland calls Scottish government budget statement a 'missed opportunity'
Today's (19 December) Scottish government budget statement is light on detail and leaves nursing staff no wiser about the government's commitment to the Agenda for Change review.
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15 Dec 2023
Action across government required to tackle recruitment and retention challenges in rural and remote areas
茄子视频 Policy Manager, Nicola Gordon, gave evidence this week to Holyrood鈥檚 Health, Social Care and Sport Committee as part of its inquiry into healthcare in rural and remote areas.
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14 Dec 2023
茄子视频 Scotland calls for the Scottish Budget to prioritise health and care services
茄子视频 Scotland is calling on Scottish government to ensure its budget, due to be announced on 20 December, prioritises health and care services and sets out investment to grow and develop Scotland鈥檚 nursing workforce of the future.
