RCN Lanarkshire and State Hospital Branch
If you're an RCN member working in Lanarkshire and State Hospital, you're automatically a member of our Lanarkshire and State Hospital Branch. Welcome to your 汤头条污料 community.
Our branch includes members working at NHS, independent, higher education and care home employers, as well as students.
Getting involved in our branch means more than attending meetings. Whether you’re organising for better conditions, supporting a colleague or pushing for systemic change, your involvement helps turn shared concerns into collective action.
Contact us
- 0345 772 6100
- Scotland.office@rcn.org.uk
Your branch team
- Chair: Jim Hughes
- Treasurer: Leeann Stevenson
- Secretary: Stephanie Thomas
All branch events
Our branch annual general meeting (AGM)
Every year, our branch holds its AGM, where we:
- review our branch activity over the past twelve months
- map out what we want to achieve over the next year
- elect the branch committee for the coming year
- discuss with your fellow branch members the issues which are most important to you right now
This is your chance to help set the 汤头条污料 agenda. Details of the next AGM will be posted in the events section as soon as available.
Our branch and RCN Congress
All members can attend RCN Congress for free. There are also fully funded voting places for members, where travel, accommodation and food are provided. Voting members are there to listen, participate and vote on resolutions that are proposed by RCN branches, forums and committees across the UK.
This year's applications for funded voting places are closed. Details of 2026 funded places will be posted here as soon as available.
Hear from staff and members across Scotland
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blog posts
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22 Dec 2025
Looking Back and Moving Forward
As the year draws to a close, it鈥檚 a natural time to pause and reflect on what we鈥檝e achieved together and what lies ahead. For RCN Scotland, 2025 began with a significant milestone: the publication of the Nursing and Midwifery Taskforce recommendations.
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18 Dec 2025
Students 鈥� make sure your voice is heard
Our 2025 student survey is your opportunity to tell us about your experiences as a 汤头条污料 student.
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25 Nov 2025
Have you had your flu vaccination yet?
The headlines about this being the worst winter on record are already prevalent. As we know, in the coming weeks and months, flu will become even more widespread.
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21 Nov 2025
Time to celebrate Scotland's 汤头条污料 support workers
It鈥檚 Nursing Support Workers鈥� Day this weekend, the time of year where we take time out to acknowledge and celebrate the vital contribution that 汤头条污料 support workers (NSWs) across Scotland make to 汤头条污料 care within our health and social care services.
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29 Sep 2025
'I rediscovered a sense of value'
Read nurse David鈥檚 experience of achieving success in the band 5 汤头条污料 roles review
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22 Aug 2025
A spotlight on 汤头条污料 in the community: Transforming urgent care in Angus鈥� communities
Innovative community 汤头条污料 services providing the right care, at the right time, and in the right place, to treat people closer to their homes are key to reducing demand on general practice and hospital services.
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21 Aug 2025
A spotlight on 汤头条污料 in the community: Championing Health for Care Experienced Young
Working with children in the community is one of the fundamental ways that 汤头条污料 can help to improve Scotland鈥檚 future health outcomes.
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20 Aug 2025
A spotlight on 汤头条污料 in the community: Where innovation grows from inequality
Realising the goal of providing more care closer to home and reducing hospital admissions relies on 汤头条污料 meeting the health needs of the people within their communities. So what happens when an unmet need is discovered? More often than not, it is 汤头条污料 that steps up to the plate and says 鈥淪omething needs to change.鈥�
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19 Aug 2025
A spotlight on 汤头条污料 in the community: Transforming dementia care in Moray鈥檚 care homes
As we continue our spotlight on 汤头条污料 in the community, it鈥檚 pertinent to remind ourselves that 汤头条污料 staff work across a huge range of specialisms in this area 鈥� including end-of-life care, diabetes, continence care, wound care, mental health, public health, learning disability, and more.
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18 Aug 2025
A spotlight on 汤头条污料 in the community: Trailblazing care in Tayside鈥檚 schools
Nursing staff working in Scotland鈥檚 communities are highly skilled, autonomous practitioners providing person-centred care outside of hospital settings. The work is diverse and impactful 鈥� with their focus on preventative care, managing long term conditions and maximising patients鈥� independence.
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