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POLICY: Five years on - Royal College of Nursing Scotland review of the transfer of prison health care from the Scottish Prison Service to NHS Scotland
Five years on from the transfer of the nurse-led prison healthcare service from the Scottish Prison Service to NHS Scotland this RCN Scotland publication evaluates how far the aspirations behind the move are being evidenced in practice.
Updated: 27 July 2018 -
POLICY: Review of NHS targets in Scotland
Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport outlining the key issues around changing targets culture in NHS Scotland.
Updated: 27 July 2018 -
POLICY: Response to mental health strategy consultation
The RCN Scotland response to the Scottish Government consultation on their new mental health strategy
Updated: 27 July 2018 -
POLICY BRIEFING If Scotland’s current framework of NHS targets has had its day, what next?
In June 2015 RCN Scotland and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties Scotland called for visionary change and bold action to ensure the future sustainability of the NHS in Scotland, including a new approach to targets. It is clear from discussions with RCN members, with politicians from...
Updated: 27 July 2018 -
POLICY: A digital strategy for Scotland 2017 and beyond: a view from the professions
A joint submission from professional leaders in primary care to the Scottish Government’s National Digital Strategy consultation.
Updated: 27 July 2018 -
POLICY BRIEFING: The Future of Primary Care: a view from the professions
A joint statement from professional leaders setting out a vision of the role of primary care and a set of principles to underpin the future of services. This document, originally published in September 2016, was updated in July 2019 to reflect a new partner endorsing the principles.
Updated: 16 December 2019 -
POLICY: New National Health and Social Care Standards - consultation response
A response from the RCN to the Scottish Government consultation on the new National Health and Social Care Standards.
Updated: 27 July 2018 -
PARLIAMENTARY EVIDENCE RCN Scotland evidence to health and Sport Committee on proposed extension of HIS powers
In this evidence to the Health and Sport committee on the proposal to give Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) the power to direct health boards to close wards to new admissions, RCN Scotland sets out some of the issues arising from the proposal to increase HIS’s powers. These include the scope of...
Updated: 27 July 2018 -
POLICY: The transformation of adult mental health care in Scotland: Learning from the past to support integration reform
Lessons for leaders in integrated services, from the experience of transformational change in mental health services over recent decades.
Updated: 27 July 2018 -
POLICY: The contribution of registered nurses in Scotland’s care home teams
RCN Scotland is starting a conversation with members and stakeholders about what the future will look like for care homes, and what the role of nursing will be in that future.
Updated: 27 July 2018
