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POLICY: Scottish Government’s consulation on Scottish Mental Health Law (Scott) Review - Additional Proposals
RCN Scotland response to the additional proposals around independent advocacy and advance statements
Updated: 11 August 2022 -
POLICY: SSSC - A register for the future Consultation
RCN Scotland agrees with the proposal to simplify and streamline the registration process for registrants to be as easy and smooth as possible.
Updated: 23 March 2022 -
POLICY: Scottish Government consultation on Future pandemic PPE supplies in Scotland
The consultation acknowledges that the ‘PPE required to prepare for any future pandemic could differ and will be decided upon in line with expert clinical guidance’ but does not ask any lessons learned questions about this, despite it being is as important a matter as supply.
Updated: 23 March 2022 -
POLICY: Health inequalities inquiry consultation
The Scottish parliament Health and Social Care committee is running an inquiry into health inequalities. This is RCN Scotland's response, submitted on 31 March 2022.
Updated: 1 April 2022 -
POLICY: Resource Spending Review Framework Consultation
RCN Scotland response to the Scottish Government’s Resource Spending Review Framework Consultation
Updated: 15 March 2022 -
POLICY: Scottish Government’s consulation on Scottish Mental Health Law (Scott) Review
We agree that ‘the purpose of the law should be to ensure that all the human rights of people with mental disorder are respected, protected and fulfilled’ and that it should ‘seek to ensure that the wider needs of people with mental disorder are met’ and with the four attendant principles. We cautio...
Updated: 12 July 2022 -
POLICY: Proposed Drugs Death (Prevention) (Scotland) Bill
RCN members debated and subsequently passed a resolution at our 2022 Congress which called on RCN Council to lobby the UK Government to support the introduction of safer injecting facilities across the UK. RCN Scotland therefore supports any attempts to introduce overdose prevention centres in Scotl...
Updated: 26 August 2022 -
POLICY: Scottish COVID Public Inquiry - Aims and Principles
RCN Scotland submission to the Scottish Government's consultation on the aims and principles of the Scottish COVID Public Inquiry
Updated: 15 March 2022 -
POLICY: Proposed Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill
RCN Scotland supports the intention behind the proposed Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill. While we have not received a significant number of representations from members who feel threatened by protests at sites, we strongly support the principle that staff and services users sho...
Updated: 11 August 2022 -
POLICY: Mental Welfare Commission consultation on Investigating deaths occurring during compulsory care and treatment under mental health legislation in Scotland
Beyond any consultation on guidance and standards for local services; the MWC should also consult on the further detail of how its new role will operate, as that detail is developed. This detail will be crucial in enabling the RCN, and other stakeholders, to offer a robust view on whether the proces...
Updated: 15 March 2022
