Read the "Experiences of NHS Scotland #Volunteers" 🌍 What did the HIS - Community Engagement survey reveal? Download the report here: bit.ly/48YA9PZ

Application deadlines for the 2024 Care Experience Improvement Model (CEIM) leaders' programme: Cohort 3 - 11 April Cohort 4 - 4 Oct

📅Join us TODAY at 2pm to learn about the DesHCA project, designing homes for healthy cognitive ageing. Hear more about their co-production methods, design principles and useful resources for health professionals. Don't miss out, register here: hisengage.scot/events-list/17…

Really proud of our fantastic Healthcare Improvement Scotland mental health team yesterday to hear them describe their work with colleagues in NHS Tayside & the difference it is making. Thanks to Maree Todd for her interest in this important work to improve services for people with psychosis

We spoke to communities across Scotland to find out what they thought of a proposed Charter of Rights and Responsibilities for the new #NationalCareService. Read what they told us and our 6⃣ recommendations for Scot Gov Health in our report published today hisengage.scot/NCS-charter

Have you ever received support from the Scottish Ambulance Service for your mental health, or for someone else? Share your experience as part of a new survey in partnership with See Me – surveymonkey.com/r/WBPZYHR

New animation issued by @hisengage on "What is service change?"- well worth viewing and for consideration in NHS Scotland hisengage.scot/service-change…

Happy WMTY day everyone #WMTY24 😀❤️ A time to pause, reflect and take stock of what really is important to us as individuals. A day to celebrate the amazing person-centred care that is taking place all over the world! “Ask what matters, listen to what matters, do what matters”

Meaningful engagement with people always matters. When people have a chance to share what matters to them about their own care, local services or national policy, things can be made better for everyone #WMTY24

Amazing What Matters To You? activity taking place at Ninewells Hospital (Dundee) today NHS Tayside, Claire from the team HIS - Community Engagement WMTY, supporting Victoria Richmond and cjsturrock 😀❤️ #WMTY24

Great day at NHS Tayside supporting Victoria Richmond and cjsturrock on WMTY Day #WMTY24 Loads of great conversations taking place with the important question 'What matters to you?' being asked 🗣️

We've published our NHS Scotland Volunteering Programme annual report for 2023-24. It describes how we've supported volunteer managers across Scotland to build effective volunteering programmes within each NHS board ➡️hisengage.scot/volunteering-a… #VolunteersWeekScot

Volunteers give their time to most NHS boards in Scotland, making a HUGE difference to staff, patients and families. In 2023-24: 👫an average of 3,485 NHS volunteers per month ⏰gave a total of 584,000 hours of service 💷contributing the equivalent of £11.5m #VolunteersWeekScot

🚀 New Case Study: Digital Front Door EQIA Discover how Scottish Government and COSLA used EQIA to shape the 'Digital Front Door'. Learn why this process was central in designing a new way for people in Scotland to access health and care services. See more➡️hisengage.scot/sharing-practi…

Brilliant that HIS - Community Engagement was invited to speak at the OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives workshop on international good practice in community engagement in Spain this week. Here's Derek Blues speaking about our HIS Quality Framework for Community Engagement & Participation hisengage.scot/equipping-prof…

.Scot Gov Health asked us to find out about patients' experiences of receiving an implanted medical device ("an implant"). Our report summarises what they told us and makes 6⃣ recommendations. hisengage.scot/medical-devices