New clinical guidance from the RCN Older People’s Forum explains the basics of meaningful activity and how you can use it to support people in your care. The RCN has created new guidance to help care home staff deliver meaningful activity for their residents. Meaningful activity refers to physical, social and leisure activities that are tailored to [...]
Eligible groups urged to come forward before the end of June. People in eligible groups who, for whatever reason, have not yet had their spring booster jab are being encouraged to make an appointment now. These additional vaccinations have been offered to people aged 75 or over and those aged over 12 who are immunosuppressed, [...]
New report outlines the challenges Scotland faced. The Scottish Government worked collaboratively with local authorities and other key partners to direct significant public spending in unprecedented circumstances, according to a new Audit Scotland report. Evaluating the financial response to the Covid-19 pandemic – which saw the Scottish Government allocate £15.5 billion between 2020-2022 – the [...]
NHS Agenda for Change workers offered 5% pay rise. The Scottish Government has offered a 5% pay rise to NHS Scotland Agenda for Change staff – the largest single year increase since devolution. The deal would benefit more than 160,000 employees including nurses, paramedics, allied health professionals and healthcare support staff. Depending on roles and [...]
A new report, 'Where next for NHS nurses' pay', has again found that a 3% pay award would lead to nurses’ basic earnings falling on average in real terms across different inflation scenarios. The Health Foundation report also highlights the need for a 12.5% pay award for nursing staff, noting that in a higher inflation scenario, [...]
World Blood Donor Day takes place on 14 June each year. The Day was created to: raise global awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products for transfusion; highlight the critical contribution voluntary, unpaid blood donors make to national health systems; support national blood transfusion services, blood donor organizations and other nongovernmental organizations [...]
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde moved to escalation Stage 2. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHS GGC) Health Board will move to Stage 2 of NHS Scotland’s national performance framework following improvements in performance, and the completion of all 108 recommendations outlined in the Independent Review, Oversight Board and Case Note Review reports. As part [...]
The RCN has criticised the shameful waste of public money spent and the environmental impact of disposing of the unusable personal protective equipment (PPE) bought at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has published a report today which shows that the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) [...]
Changes in areas of the brain associated with emotion have been identified in people with Takotsubo syndrome according to research presented at the British Cardiovascular Society centenary conference in Manchester. Scientists at the University of Aberdeen also discovered changes in the level of brain activity in areas known to control the beating of the heart. [...]
