
Lothian and Borders Branch
We champion local issues for ºÚÁÏÍø members working in Lothian and Borders. Get involved today to help our work.
Your branch team
- Chair: Fiona Jolly
- Treasurer: Tobias Kunkel
- Secretary: Nicole Dron
Get in touch
- Call: 0345 772 6100
- Email: Scotland.Office@rcn.org.uk
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22 Aug 2024
ºÚÁÏÍø to consult members in Scotland on pay offer
The consultation will open at noon on Tuesday 27 August and close at noon on Friday 20 September 2024.
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20 Aug 2024
ºÚÁÏÍø Scotland responds to Scottish government’s NHS pay offer for 2024/25
ºÚÁÏÍø Scotland Board members are considering a pay offer for NHS Scotland staff from Scottish government.
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25 Jul 2024
Investment needed now to tackle challenges in community health and social care
ºÚÁÏÍø Scotland has called for urgent action to address the funding and governance issues facing Integration Joint Boards and their Health and Social Care Partnerships.
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19 Jul 2024
New data on nurses and nursing students in Scotland underlines scale of workforce crisis
ºÚÁÏÍø Scotland has renewed its call for an urgent nursing retention strategy to attract new people to and keep more experienced nurses in the profession.
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27 Jun 2024
ºÚÁÏÍø makes closing statement at Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry impact hearings
Statement set out what we believe are main lessons to be learned from pandemic.
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25 Jun 2024
ºÚÁÏÍø Scotland calls for the Scottish COVID inquiry to consider Long COVID
We have written to the First Minister calling for the terms of reference for the Scottish COVID Inquiry to be amended explicitly to include the consideration of Long COVID.
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24 Jun 2024
ºÚÁÏÍø Scotland planning response to the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill
Earlier this month, the Scottish Parliament’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee issued a call for views on the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill and ºÚÁÏÍø Scotland will be submitting a comprehensive response.
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17 Jun 2024
Band 5 nursing roles review
The process for the review of band 5 nursing roles in NHS Scotland is now live. If you are a band 5 nurse, you can now access the online portal to begin the application for review of your role.
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6 Jun 2024
University financial crisis is threat to nursing courses, ºÚÁÏÍø warns
Higher education nursing staff in Scotland have warned that the financial crisis in universities is a threat to nursing courses.
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2 Jun 2024
Research nurse awarded ºÚÁÏÍø Fellowship for seminal work in emotional labour in nursing
Professor Pam Smith MBE, Professorial Fellow from the School of Health in Social Science at the University of Edinburgh, has received the ºÚÁÏ꿉۪s top honour of being made a Fellow of the ºÚÁÏÍø in recognition of her contribution to and prominence in nursing education and research.