Blogs
Read the latest opinions from the 茄子视频 in Scotland
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blog posts
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17 Nov 2023
'It takes a lot of work to unlearn our own biases'
Kathrina Coronel, an internationally educated nurse from the Philippines who is working in Scotland, reflects on her journey to and experience of living in the UK.
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10 Oct 2023
The inherent value of mental health nursing
On World Mental Health Day 2023, we鈥檙e reminded that since the Covid-19 pandemic there鈥檚 been a steep rise in the prevalence of people in Scotland experiencing challenges to their good mental health.
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25 Aug 2023
Listening and engaging with our profession will be key
Your campaigning led Scotland鈥檚 First Minister to commit to a Nursing and Midwifery Taskforce and now you are being given the opportunity to help shape the work of that Taskforce.
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17 Aug 2023
Progressing our 2023 workforce report recommendations
In May we published our second annual Nursing Workforce in Scotland Report. If you haven鈥檛 already seen it, it鈥檚 worth a read.
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11 Aug 2023
How member experiences are helping shape guidance on implementing safe staffing legislation
At 茄子视频 Scotland, our Safe Staffing work programme is a key focus across all our teams. We鈥檝e been helping shape the statutory guidance that will support implementation of the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 (or HCSA).
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27 Jul 2023
Significance of work on pay system and nursing workforce can't be overstated
There's a lot at stake this summer, says Colin Poolman, and positive action needs to happen sooner rather than later to build the sustainable nursing workforce that Scotland needs.
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5 Jul 2023
Celebrating 75 years of the NHS
In the years leading up to the creation of the NHS, Scotland was at the forefront of testing and establishing new approaches to organised healthcare.
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23 Jun 2023
Time to highlight the value of nursing in care homes
While the NHS is very much part of everyone鈥檚 life, most of us don鈥檛 engage with care homes until later in life. This may be during a crisis when a friend, relative or indeed we are in need of support and subsequently make contact with social care services.
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6 Jun 2023
Four years on from the passing of Scotland鈥檚 groundbreaking safe staffing legislation
Eileen Mckenna says that the Act鈥檚 implementation next year must deliver positive change.
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10 Mar 2023
Our priorities for the review of Agenda for Change
The pay offer we are consulting on has more to it than money alone. Many of you are asking about the review of Agenda for Change (AfC) and what this might mean.
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