Ministerial Scottish Nursing and Midwifery Taskforce: report and recommended actions
The final report of the Scottish Ministerial led Nursing and Midwifery Taskforce which makes a number of recommended actions that aim to make Scotland the best place for nurses and midwives to work.
Annex 3: End Notes
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13 NES (2024) Quarterly workforce statistics. Data and reports | Turas Data Intelligence
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15 Royal College of Nursing Scotland (2023) The Employment survey 2023. Edinburgh. RCN
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21 Buchan, J., Catton, H. (2023) Recover to rebuild. International Council of Nurses. ICN_Recover-to-Rebuild_report_EN.pdf
22 OECD (2024) Fewer young people want to become nurses in half of OECD countries. Fewer-young-people-want- to-become-nurses-in-half-of-OECD-countries.pdf
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26 WHO (2021) Building better together, Roadmap to guide implementation of the Global Strategic Directions for Nursing and Midwifery in the WHO European Region. WHO Roadmap for the Strategic Directions.pdf
27 The Scottish Government (2025) The Listening Project
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