Highland
We champion local issues for RCN members working in Highland. Get involved with the branch today and help our work.
Your branch team
- Chair: Elspeth Caithness
- Treasurer: Kate Dumigan
- Secretary: Gary Roberts
Highland Branch AGM
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Get in touch
- Call: 0345 772 6100
- Email: Scotland.Office@rcn.org.uk
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15 Mar 2024
RCN 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 reviewÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥™s 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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22 Feb 2024
RCN Scotland responds to Auditor GeneralÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥™s NHS in Scotland report
This yearÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥™s version of the annual report states that the NHS is ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥˜unable to meet the growing demand for health servicesÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥™.
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15 Feb 2024
UCAS figures showing applicants to nursing courses in Scotland down by 8.3%
There are still several months left in this yearÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥™s application cycle, but these figures are a worrying snapshot following on from the fall in acceptances onto undergraduate nursing courses at Scottish universities in 2023 by 11% compared to the year before.