Health and Social Care
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Family Nurse Guest Blog – Maureen
5th October 2018 by Anne Dagg
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 Dagg
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 Isla Bisset
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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GDPR – a change to data protection law
24th May 2018 by Alaster Phillips - Digital Strategist
The General Data Protection Regulations comes into force on May 25, 2018, giving individuals more control over their personal data, and ensuring that organisations collect and process that information properly and securely. To find out more about GDPR, visit the Information Commissioner’s website.
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GDPR – a change to data protection law
24th May 2018 by Alaster Phillips - Digital Strategist
The General Data Protection Regulations comes into force on May 25, 2018, giving individuals more control over their personal data, and ensuring that organisations collect and process that information properly and securely. To find out more about GDPR, visit the Information Commissioner’s website.
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Guest Blog – Charlotte Liddell, FNP Graduate
11th May 2018 by Anne Dagg
We are excited to welcome Charlotte Liddell, our first Family Nurse Partnership guest blogger! Charlotte shares, in her own words, her experience of the Family Nurse Partnership. “Hello, My name’s Charlotte Liddell & I’m a FNP graduate. Agreeing to take part in the FNP was one of the best decisions I made, I thought It would...
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Palliative and End-of-Life Care by Integration Authorities
9th May 2018 by Isla Bisset
Yesterday the Scottish Government published a new advice note to support the strategic commissioning of Palliative and End of Life Care by Integration Authorities. Background In December 2015, the Scottish Government published the Strategic Framework for Action on Palliative and End of Life Care (SFA), which set out the aim that by 2021 everyone in Scotland...
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Register Now for the NHS Event 2018
23rd April 2018 by Isla Bisset
Registration is now live for the NHSScotland Event 2018, which is being held on 18 and 19 June at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC), Glasgow. The theme of this year’s Event is ‘Delivering Now. Improving for the Future’. Every year, the Event provides the opportunity for those working in and with the NHS in Scotland...
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FAMILY NURSE PARTNERSHIP – A SERVICE FOR YOUNG MUMS
6th April 2018 by Anne Dagg
The Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) is a nursing service specifically designed to work with young mums. It was originally developed in America and is now available in most parts of Scotland. The Family Nurse Partnership programme is available to young women who are under 20 having their first baby. In some areas it is for...
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Health & Social Care – The Occupational Therapy Contribution
28th November 2017 by Isla Bisset
On the 1st November I joined around 90 Occupational Therapists and Managers in Dunblane to hear about the contribution they are making to the National Health and Wellbeing outcomes in relation to Health and Social Care Integration. Participants shared their experiences and progress within their own Partnerships and heard about approaches and models being used...
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