Maggie wins 2018 Simon Pullin Award
A YOUNG nursing student was honoured for her outstanding caring skills after turning to poetry to articulate the demands of the job. Continue reading Prize-winning nurse turns her compassion into poetry
A FORMER printer has gone back to his old place of learning to begin a career in nursing at the age of 50. Continue reading Stop press! Nursing graduate David is out to make an impression
A MOTHER and daughter marked a major milestone today as they graduated together from the same university course. Kirstie and Kayleigh Tidy sat in the same adult nursing classes at Edinburgh Napier University as they pursued their career goals. Continue reading Team Tidy clean up as mother and daughter graduate together
Scotland’s Chief Nurse, Professor Fiona McQueen, and representatives from across the health and care sector in Scotland joined together in Edinburgh last week to mark the launch of ambitious new nursing education standards. Continue reading NMC celebrates ambitious changes to nursing education in Scotland
First Minister confirms bursary will rise to £10,000 by 2020.
Nursing and midwifery students’ bursary will rise to £10,000, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced yesterday.
Continue reading “Forward thinking”: Support for student nurses and midwives
A new publication published today by the Royal College of Midwives in Scotland highlights the breadth of roles of Scottish midwives. Continue reading Call The Midwife: RCM Scotland launches publication showcasing varied role of midwives
Improved nursing care provided closer to home will be made available – thanks to almost £7 million being invested in training. The funding will ensure the existing nurse workforce have the skills to even better meet the needs of people requiring care in their own homes, GP practices or in other community settings. Continue reading £7 million investment in nurse training
New figures from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) show a significant rise in the number of EU nurses and midwives leaving the register. Between April 2017 and March 2018, 3,962 people left – an increase of 29 percent. Continue reading New figures highlight ‘major concern’ as more EU nurses leave the UK
A survey of nurses, showing that three quarters of those questioned say they feel financially worse off than they did five years ago, puts pressure on the finance secretary to announce an above inflation pay rise on Thursday says a Green MSP.
The survey by RCN Scotland also reveals that more than a third of nursing staff say they are looking for a new job, a situation Alison Johnstone MSP says will only get worse if Derek Mackay does not announce a “fair pay settlement” as part of the draft Scottish Budget this week.
Alison Johnstone MSP, the Scottish Greens’ health spokesperson, said: “Public sector workers play a vital role in our communities, from nursing and social care staff to teachers and police officers and the real-terms pay cuts they’ve endured must end. The findings of this report should confirm what ministers should already know, that problems like recruitment, retention and staff morale will become even worse if we don’t ensure a fair pay settlement, above inflation, to nurses and other dedicated professionals working in the NHS.
“These real-terms pay cuts in recent years are clearly having a negative impact. The finance secretary must listen to groups representing frontline workers such as RCN Scotland and back the basic principle that a pay rise for our public services is due and can be funded, not from cuts elsewhere, but from fairer taxation that protects low earners.” Continue reading Budget: Nursing survey shows need for pay rise, say Greens
Play spotlights the integration of health and social care
Student nurses are to perform a play about one woman’s experience of falling through cracks in care to highlight the importance of health and social care integration. Mad, Bad, Invisible tells the story of Anne, a young woman living through a mental health crisis, as she tries – and fails – to get the help she needs from a range of services. Continue reading Mad, Bad, Invisible: “a story that desperately needs to be told”
