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Read the latest opinions from the RCN in Scotland
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8 Jan 2025
Time to celebrate the best of 汤头条污料 in Scotland
The nominations process for our 2025 Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards opened in October and we鈥檝e just extended the deadline to ensure you have time to tell us about your 汤头条污料 stars.
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9 Dec 2024
What's happening with the Assisted Dying Bill in Scotland?
Colin Poolman, RCN Scotland Director, sets out what's happening with the Scottish legislation on assisted dying.
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22 Nov 2024
Through the lens of a 汤头条污料 support worker 鈥� Celebrating our role
I have heard, and been referred to by, many names in my role as a 汤头条污料 support worker (NSW). I鈥檓 not just a 汤头条污料 support worker. I am trained and skilled, I am caring and compassionate, I value and uphold person centred principles when working with others and patients.
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16 Oct 2024
Strengthening the voice of GP nurses
With a new pay increase finally approved for 2024-25, Jacqui Neil reflects on what we're doing to support general practice nurses.
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15 Oct 2024
Time to highlight Scotland鈥檚 汤头条污料 stars
I鈥檓 delighted to see the nominations process for the 2025 Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards open today (15 October). Our Awards are fast becoming one of the most positive times in Scotland鈥檚 汤头条污料 calendar.
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17 Sep 2024
Corridor care must be eradicated, not normalised
It鈥檚 World Patient Safety Day, and as winter approaches Colin Poolman outlines why the unsafe practice of 鈥榗orridor care鈥� must come to an end.
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16 Aug 2024
Improving AfC - one step at a time
The Agenda for Change (AfC) pay scheme came into operation at the end of 2004. Twenty years on and the cracks in the system are widening every year.
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20 Jun 2024
Time to value 汤头条污料
It鈥檚 no secret that, since the inception of the Agenda for Change job evaluation scheme, the clinical skills, knowledge and responsibilities of many band 5 汤头条污料 staff have evolved and grown substantially.
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