(1/2) Reflecting on the incredible evening we had last night at our #ImpactAwards2024 . What a privilege to celebrate the best in nursing and midwifery with our 7 remarkable winners 🎉

Thank you Richard Coles for being an outstanding compère!

#IA2024

Privileged to spend the day with the Focus on Frailty Improvement Teams across Scotland Healthcare Improvement Scotland Fantastic progress, shared learning and leadership in action! laramitchell Ann Gow Belinda Robertson Joanne Matthews James Meghan Bateson Diana Hekerem ihub.scot/improvement-pr…

Happy international day of the midwife to midwifery colleagues across Scotland thank you for making a difference to families every day Healthcare Improvement Scotland

It’s that time of year again! 🌟

Only one week to go until our renowned annual #ImpactAwards2024 .

We can't wait to celebrate excellence in nursing and midwifery and shine a light on those who have made an outstanding contribution to patient care. #IA2024

Reflective session at SEND this morning saying thank you and goodbye to our CNO! Wishing him a healthy and happy retirement 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Prof Kathleen Carolan

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

Congratulations to the Burdett Trust 💙 funded Queen's Nurse LD cohort on this recognition of their work to support people with learning disabilities in the justice system. You can watch their animation here: youtube.com/watch?v=n6C8a-…

Scotland's Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act came into effect this week. Check out the resources available to help gain knowledge and skills outlined within the Health and Care Staffing in Scotland, Knowledge and Skills Framework 👇
learn.nes.nhs.scot/61827
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In light of concerns raised about care at the Emergency Department at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Dr Simon Watson, our Medical Director & Director of Safety, talks about the importance of speaking to us if you are an NHS worker and have a patient safety concern.

🎺🚨Advanced practice update!🚨🎺
Council have agreed that we proceed to develop an approach to the additional regulation of advanced practice – the complex, autonomous and expert roles that many experienced nurses and midwives carry out

The National Hub has published its first data overview report summarising data on child deaths and child death reviews in Scotland.

It makes five recommendations.

The link to read the report is in the comments.

#CDRNationalHub

Great work from our teams working in perinatal and paediatric care, working to improve outcomes for families in Scotland.

#spsp247
#spspperinatal
#spsppaediatric

An honour to have Donald Macaskill with us on the QNIS development programme this week sharing wisdom which he has captured in this thoughtful blog -please share Ann Gow Nicky Connor Anne armstrong

Worth sharing @markcooper100 Iona McKay💙 Eddie Docherty Maria Docherty #advancedpractice #veterans

Join our next board meeting on Wednesday 27 March at 10.30am on MS Teams.

Meeting papers will be published on our website ahead of the meeting.

Register through the link below.

A report into a rise in neonatal deaths between 2021/22 has identified various factors that appear to have contributed to the increase, rather than one single identifiable cause.

To read the report, follow the link in the comments.

#BabyLoss #MaternitySafety #PregnancyLoss

Healthcare Improvement Scotland @online_HIS has published the findings of a review into the national increase in #NeonatalDeath in 2021 & 2022.

We are here for anyone in #Scotland affected by the death of a baby 💙🧡

Full story ⬇️

sands.org.uk/healthcare-imp…

#BabyLoss

Read this important article! A very difficult article for Karen Stirling one of our NHS Lanarkshire @hm_ICU Charge Nurses who has written a blog for FICMNews about fire in ICU read it here to learn the importance of preparation and simulation bit.ly/FICMBurnsBundl…

For anyone interested in how to create a care plan that is truly centred on the individual, read our good practice guide.
It was written for nurses, medical and care staff, after a wide consultation.
Find it here: bit.ly/3Hx7pAE

As we welcome a new cohort of QNs, Emma Legge caught up with Queen's Nurses Jaime McNab QN and Laura Rothney from the 2022 cohort to find out how the Queen's Nurse Development Programme has impacted them and the way they work.

Read here - loom.ly/G0qzZb0