Ministerial Nursing and Midwifery Taskforce
Work of the Taskforce
The Scottish government is establishing a Ministerial Nursing and Midwifery Taskforce to address Scotland’s nursing workforce crisis.
The taskforce was secured as a direct result of the RCN’s campaigning on safe staffing and fair pay for nursing.
We are calling for the taskforce to deliver funded, timely and meaningful actions to retain nursing staff, to address the unsustainable level of vacancies, to expand routes into nursing and ultimately to grow Scotland’s nursing workforce.
We also believe the taskforce must be informed by the views and experiences of RCN members and other existing and future nursing staff. Read more.
Check back on this webpage in the coming weeks for further information about the work of the taskforce.
The taskforce was secured as a direct result of the RCN’s campaigning on safe staffing and fair pay for nursing.
We are calling for the taskforce to deliver funded, timely and meaningful actions to retain nursing staff, to address the unsustainable level of vacancies, to expand routes into nursing and ultimately to grow Scotland’s nursing workforce.
We also believe the taskforce must be informed by the views and experiences of RCN members and other existing and future nursing staff. Read more.
Check back on this webpage in the coming weeks for further information about the work of the taskforce.
Scope of the Taskforce
Read more about the scope of the Taskforce on the Scottish government website
RCN report on the nursing workforce in Scotland
Our updated analysis of nursing workforce statistics and challenges facing workforce planning, RCN Scotland highlights the key trends, implications of the trends and makes recommendations for action to tackle the workforce crisis, including urgent need for a nursing retention strategy.
Safe staffing in Scotland
Following sustained pressure from RCN Scotland and its members, the Scottish Government has now published a timetable for implementation. The timetable sets out a 21-month programme of work which will see the Act come into force from April 2024. RCN Scotland will be engaging with Scottish government on the development of the guidance to support the legislation and through the testing and evaluation that will follow.
Page last updated - 03/05/2023
