Health and Social Care

  • Celebrating the 2023 Family Nurse Partnership Scotland Conference

    21st April 2023 by

    On Thursday 16th March the Scottish Government hosted a conference for all Family Nurse Partnership staff at the Hilton Carlton in Edinburgh. The event was attended by over 160 people from a range of backgrounds, including family nurses, supervisors, data managers and some of our NES colleagues.

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  • Wellbeing Hub for people living with MS

    24th January 2022 by

    MS Society Scotland Chief Executive, Morna Simpkins, writes about the organisation's pan-Scotland person centred virtual ‘Wellbeing Hub’. 

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  • International Nurses Day 2021: A Voice to Lead.

    12th May 2021 by

    To support the celebration of International Nurses Day we have asked our FNP National Clinical Lead, Pamela Murray, to reflect on her journey into this role and how she considers FNP to support the vision of nurses transforming the healthcare system. Tell us a bit about your role/yourself I started my NHS career in midwifery...

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  • Celebrating 10 years of FNP with NHS Lothian

    10th February 2020 by

    Children and Nurses dancing at the FNP Celebration event

    NHS Lothian hosted a fantastic evening of celebration in Edinburgh’s Corn Exchange. The event marked ten years of the Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) in Scotland. The Programme Management Office for FNP, here in Scottish Government, were delighted to share in the celebrations. Attendees included with some of the very first FNP families, nurses, staff and...

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  • FNP Newsletter: Winter 2019

    18th December 2019 by

    Download a PDF version here: FNP Winter Newsletter 2019

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  • Supporting National Power of Attorney Day

    19th November 2019 by

    We’re are supporting National Power of Attorney Awareness Day, which falls on 20 November 2019. National Power of Attorney Awareness Day provides a perfect opportunity to encourage everyone to obtain a power of attorney (PoA) and help them plan properly for the future. A power of attorney is a legal document that gives another person,...

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  • REvaluation of the Family Nurse Partnership in Scotland

    24th June 2019 by

    Insights into the value of the Family Nurse Partnership programme from clients, family nurses and wider stakeholders across Scotland are available in a new report. The REvaluation of the Family Nurse Partnership in Scotland has been published. The report provides a summary of the methods and findings of the REvaluation, carried out across the current...

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  • Family Nurse Guest Blog – Maureen

    5th October 2018 by

    A lovely family nurse from Lanarkshire has shared her story about becoming a family nurse – Thanks so much Maureen for giving us this insight into your work as a Family Nurse. Tell us a bit about your role/yourself I was late starting nursing. I previously worked in finance and wanted a more fulfilling and...

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  • Guest Blog – Anne, family nurse

    13th July 2018 by

    Anne is a Family Nurse in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and has very kindly answered our questions on being a Family Nurse and about her working day. What made you apply to become a Family Nurse? The role of family nurse greatly appealed to me as not only did it offer the opportunity to work...

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  • The King’s Fund Learning from Chief Officers in Scotland

    22nd June 2018 by

    A year after the establishment of integration authorities the Scottish Government and the integration authorities’ Chief Officers invited The King’s Fund to work with them on embedding and developing their roles. We are pleased to say that the King’s Fund has now published it’s report Leading across Health and Social Care in Scotland – Learning from Chief Officers...

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