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New nursing director for NHS Education Scotland
NHS Education for Scotland (NES) has appointed a new director for nursing, midwifery and allied health professions.
Student voice: Dream come true
Following a placement in rural Scotland, Elizabeth Barilli has a new-found passion for continuity of care.Scotland’s maternity services buckling under rising demand says RCM in new report
A combination of high birthrates, an ageing workforce and an increase in births to older mothers means the pressure on Scotland’s maternity services is growing.Midwives welcome Scottish Government pledge on lifting public sector pay cap
In the Scottish parliament yesterday the Finance Secretary Derek Mackay, said the Scottish Government ‘has committed to lifting the pay cap’ for public sector workers.Bold and welcome vision says RCM Scotland on Scottish Government Breastfeeding report
Today the Scottish Government has published the Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly Scotland Report. The report assessed the effectiveness, affordability and feasibility of current support for breastfeeding, marking it overall as 'strong'. ...
Scottish Parliament election: what the RCM wants to see and what the parties are promising
On 6 May, voters in Scotland will choose who gets to sit in the Scottish Parliament for the next five years. That outcome will also determine who forms the next Scottish Government, which since 1999 has been responsible for the NHS in Scotland.
What do early career midwives think of the preceptoship programme in Scotland?
From the first meeting, the group members knew that they wanted to focus their efforts on developing the support offered to newly qualified midwives across Scotland. The experiences of support and preceptorship of group members had been very ...
Pay increase offer for Scotland
Midwives and MSWs in Scotland are set to receive at least a 9% pay rise over the next three years. The increase, announced today (25 June), is the highest NHS pay uplift being offered in the UK.RCM members in Scotland accept Government NHS pay offer
Midwives and maternity support worker members of the Royal College of Midwives in Scotland (RCM) accepted the negotiated proposals for NHS staff on the Agenda for Change staff pay.