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More than half of nurses in Scotland are considering quitting, survey shows

Three out of five nurses in Scotland are thinking about leaving their job, research has shown. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Scotland interviewed about 1,300 of its members for its 2021 Employment Survey, of which 61% said they are considering ...

26 Jan 2022 at 01:26

Two-thirds of junior doctors considering leaving NHS as industrial action looms

A poll shows 65% of junior doctors have “actively researched” leaving their jobs in the NHS as the sector prepares for a ballot on industrial action over pay. The British Medical Association (BMA) survey of 3,819 junior doctors in England during ...

27 Dec 2022 at 03:25

Humza Yousaf to meet union leaders in bid to avert NHS walkouts

Scotland’s Health Secretary is to meet union leaders on Friday in a bid to avoid health service strikes bringing parts of the NHS to a halt. Humza Yousaf will hold discussions after nurses north of the border overwhelmingly rejected the latest ...

23 Dec 2022 at 08:11

Scotland

Retention strategy needed to keep nurses in the NHS, warns union

Nursing in Scotland’s health service is in “crisis”, a union has warned, as it urged the Scottish Government to come up with a plan to keep more nurses in the profession as the numbers quitting reached a decade high. The Royal College of ...

03 May 2023 at 00:01

NHS strikes in Scotland averted as nursing and midwives unions accept pay deal

NHS strikes in Scotland have been averted after unions representing midwives and nurses voted to accept the Scottish Government’s pay offer. Just over half of Royal College of Nursing (RCN) members voted in the ballot, with 53.4% of ...

20 Mar 2023 at 18:23

Scotland

Doctors warn of ‘worryingly high’ number of vacant consultant posts

Doctors’ leaders have told how NHS staff in Scotland have been left “depleted, exhausted and facing burnout” as they spoke out about the “worryingly high” number of consultant posts that are lying empty. New figures from Public ...

07 Mar 2023 at 14:44

Scotland

Nursing body urges Government to find way to keep staff in the profession

A nursing body has urged the Scottish Government to create a retention strategy to keep people in the profession. In the year up to December 2023, NHS Scotland figures showed the number of nurses rose from 61,567 whole time ...

15 May 2024 at 00:01

Scotland

Drop in nursing course applicants sparks concern over recruitment crisis

Nursing university applicants have fallen by 24%, leading to fears the reduction could exacerbate Scotland’s NHS recruitment crisis. University admissions service Ucas said that by the January deadline, 5,070 people had ...

09 Feb 2023 at 09:12

Scotland

Health union drops strike ballot after new pay offer made

Scotland’s largest health union has suspended its strike ballot, and will now ask NHS staff if it should accept the offer of a £2,000 rise to workers’ wages. Unison will ask its 50,000 members if they are willing to ...

26 Oct 2022 at 20:43

Scotland

Pay deal offered to NHS workers in Scotland ‘after months of pressure’

The Scottish Government has offered nurses and other NHS staff a 5.5% pay rise – although unions said it had taken “months of pressure” for ministers to put a deal on the table. Colin Poolman, director of the Royal ...

20 Aug 2024 at 17:19

Scotland

‘At no point’ has NHS Scotland had enough nurses for ‘safe care’ – RCN report

Scotland’s NHS has “at no point” employed sufficient nursing staff to be able to deliver safe and effective care, a report has claimed – despite legislation on safe staffing coming into force in 2024. The Health ...

06 May 2025 at 17:32

Scotland

Nurses warn corridor care is now a ‘year-round crisis’ in the NHS

Nursing leaders are demanding “urgent action” from ministers over a “corridor care crisis” – as a new survey found almost one in five staff are having to provide care in an “inappropriate setting” every day. ...

02 Sept 2025 at 20:54

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