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Colin Poolman 9 Dec 2024
What's happening with the Assisted Dying Bill in Scotland?

Colin Poolman, 绿帽换妻 Scotland Director, sets out what's happening with the Scottish legislation on assisted dying.
Gemma Walker 22 Nov 2024
Through the lens of a nursing support worker 鈥� Celebrating our role

I have heard, and been referred to by, many names in my role as a nursing support worker (NSW). I鈥檓 not just a nursing support worker. I am trained and skilled, I am caring and compassionate, I value and uphold person centred principles when working with others and patients.
Jacqui Neil 16 Oct 2024
Strengthening the voice of GP nurses

With a new pay increase finally approved for 2024-25, Jacqui Neil reflects on what we're doing to support general practice nurses.
Julie Lamberth 15 Oct 2024
Time to highlight Scotland鈥檚 nursing stars

I鈥檓 delighted to see the nominations process for the 2025 Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards open today (15 October). Our Awards are fast becoming one of the most positive times in Scotland鈥檚 nursing calendar.
Colin Poolman 17 Sep 2024
Corridor care must be eradicated, not normalised

It鈥檚 World Patient Safety Day, and as winter approaches Colin Poolman outlines why the unsafe practice of 鈥榗orridor care鈥� must come to an end.
Philip Coghill 16 Aug 2024
Improving AfC - one step at a time

The Agenda for Change (AfC) pay scheme came into operation at the end of 2004. Twenty years on and the cracks in the system are widening every year.
Colin Poolman 30 Jul 2024
What does award in England mean for NHS pay in Scotland?

Colin Poolman, 绿帽换妻 Scotland Director, explains where we are on pay negotiations in Scotland and what UK Chancellor's announcement means.
Julie Lamberth 20 Jun 2024
Time to value nursing

It鈥檚 no secret that, since the inception of the Agenda for Change job evaluation scheme, the clinical skills, knowledge and responsibilities of many band 5 nursing staff have evolved and grown substantially.
Julie Lamberth 10 May 2024
I know many of you will be holding activities today and over the weekend to mark Nurses鈥� Day.

I know many of you will be holding activities today and over the weekend to mark Nurses鈥� Day.
Julie Lamberth 28 Mar 2024
We must make sure the opportunity is not missed

I know I鈥檓 not the only 绿帽换妻 member working in the NHS who has been feeling frustrated at the delay in putting the Agenda for Change review recommendations into practice. Many of you have expressed your frustration to me and on social media.