Alcohol and Drug Partnerships (ADPs) bring together local partners including health boards, local authorities, police and voluntary agencies. Based on an assessment of local needs the ADPs are responsible for commissioning and developing local strategies to reduce the use of and harm from alcohol and drugs alongside promoting recovery.
Across Greater Glasgow and Clyde there are 6 ADPs, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire and West Dunbartonshire.
The Scottish Academy of Breast Imaging (SABI) in Glasgow has offered Mammography training for over 20 years across Scotland, the rest of the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland. SABI courses focus on the needs of Breast Service as a whole and are offered to a number of healthcare practitioners including Radiographers, Assistant Practitioners, Sonographers, Nurses, Breast Radiologists, Breast Surgeons and Breast Clinicians.
SABI offers a range of courses including PgCert Mammography for Radiographers and HECert Mammography for Assistant Practitioners. Advanced Practice options are designed to enable professional and clinical skills development for individuals who wish to extend their scope of practice within breast imaging. Further modules are available through Queen Margaret University (QMU) in Edinburgh to support the full MSc Awards and the 4 pillars of practice.
Courses are delivered either online or in person (see individual module information) and use QMU systems such as the Library and Canvas to support student learning.
All courses are approved by the College of Radiographers and run in collaboration with QMU. The PgCert Breast Ultrasound is also CASE Accredited.
The Scottish Academy of Breast Imaging is based at the West of Scotland Breast Screening Centre in Glasgow. Simon Holmes is National Mammography Training Lead and is responsible for running the Academy alongside Maureen McAuley who is Programme Administrator. You will find their contact details at the bottom of this site.
SABI also has a Clinical Training Team who are Band 7 Mammographers supporting the education and training of Mammographers and Assistant Practitioners on the PgCert and HECert Mammography programmes as well as delivering Clinical Updates across Scotland, the rest of the UK and Ireland to help maintain standards of practice within breast imaging.
There are currently 8 SABI Clinical Trainers:
Christine Loder, Claire Crawford, Isabelle Tait, Kayleigh O’Loughlin and Samantha McWaters are based at the West of Scotland Breast Screening Centre in Glasgow.
Alyson Munro, Laura Dick and Zoe Allan based at the South East Scotland Breast Screening Centre in Edinburgh.
The PgCert Mammography delivered by the Scottish Academy of Breast Imaging is a 9 months blended course designed to allow HCPC or Coru Registered Radiographers to train as Mammographers. All the academic content is delivered by SABI via three online blocks and includes pre-recorded resources and live workshops. You will be offered a Clinical Training week in either Glasgow or Edinburgh where you will be assigned a Clinical Trainer for a full week of face-to-face clinical teaching. Your Clinical Trainer will also travel to your own department to carry out the assessments associated with the clinical modules.
You will also require a Work-place Mentor who will support your learning throughout the course.
Each 20 credit module reflects 200 hours of learning and you will need support to carry out a minimum of 20 Mammograms per week throughout the course.
The PgCert Mammography runs three times a years and you can apply to register in March, August or November
The three modules you will need to complete to be eligible for the PgCert Mammography award are as follows:
All advanced practice modules delivered at the Scottish Academy of Breast Imaging require a Work-place Mentor who will support your learning throughout the module as well as carry out the clinical assessments.
The Higher Education Certificate in Mammography a 12 month blended course designed to allow non-registered staff to train as Assistant Practitioner Mammographers. All the academic content is delivered by SABI via five online blocks and includes pre-recorded resources and live workshops. You will be offered a Clinical Training week in either Glasgow or Edinburgh where you will be assigned a Clinical Trainer for a full week of face-to-face clinical teaching. Your Clinical Trainer will also travel to your own department to carry out the assessments associated with the clinical module.
You will also require a Work-place Mentor who will support your learning throughout the course.
Each 20 credit module reflects 200 hours of learning and you will need support to carry out a minimum of 20 Mammograms per week throughout the course.
The HECert Mammography starts in January each year.
The five modules you will need to complete to be eligible for the HECert Mammography award are as follows:
Extended Practice for Assistant Practitioners in Mammography (R1051) 20 Credits: This standalone module is designed for Assistant Practitioners in Mammography (Mammography Associates) who wish to develop their clinical skills and extend their scope of practice. The aim is to provide the learner with a range of skills to develop their clinical knowledge and technique of additional mammography views within assessment clinic including mag and coned views, the augmented breast, implantable devices and post clip imaging.
All the academic content is delivered by SABI during a single online block and includes pre-recorded resources and live workshops. You will be offered a Clinical Training week in either Glasgow or Edinburgh where you will be assigned a Clinical Trainer for half a week of face-to-face clinical teaching. Your Clinical Trainer will also travel to your own department to carry out the assessments associated with this clinical module.
The module starts in May and lasts for 7 months.
A variety of study options are available to you if you wish to complete the PgDip Mammography (120 Credits) or the full MSc Mammography (180 Credits). You can select from the clinical modules offered directly by SABI or options focussing on the other pillars of practice delivered by QMU:
You have a maximum of 7 years to complete the full MSc. If you have previous appropriate academic credits from SABI/QMU and are unsure if you can include them within you MSc then please contact SABI.
If you have studied modules at other Universities you may be able to use these academic credits towards your MSc. If you are unsure whether you can include them within you MSc then please contact SABI.
For general information on your module options and how they might link to the academic credits you already have please contact SABI.
Face-to-Face clinical training is offered to all students on the PgCert Mammography (1 week), HECert Mammography (1 week) or extended Practice for Assistant Practitioners in Mammography module (half a week). This is delivered by a designated SABI Clinical Trainer in either Glasgow or Edinburgh. The dates for your clinical training week and your named Clinical Trainer will be assigned to you when you apply for the course. Your Clinical Trainer will work with you throughout the course and be your point of contact if you have any difficulties. They will also arrange the dates for your clinical assessments which will be done on mutually convenient dates and in discussion with your line manager and mentor.
The Clinical Training week in Glasgow is at the West of Scotland Breast Screening Centre which is situated on Nelson Mandela Place in next to Queen Street Train Station in Glasgow City Centre. There are 5 Clinical Trainers who work at this centre; Claire, Isabelle, Christine, Kayleigh and Samantha
The Clinical Training week in Edinburgh is at the South East Scotland Breast Screening Centre which is situated at Ardmillan House near Haymarket Train Station in Edinburgh City Centre. There are 3 Clinical Trainers who work at this centre; Alyson, Zoe and Laura.
For all modules which have a clinical element, you will be expected to have a Workplace Mentor. This is someone who will be selected by your Line Manager to support your learning throughout the duration of the course. They may also be required to carry out clinical assessments depending on the modules you are registered on.
Your Workplace Mentor will have a number of roles and responsibilities to ensure you are supported throughout your studies but differ slightly depending on which course you are registered on. In general, these include being available for the duration of the course, ensure you have the necessary departmental clinical time and resources to successfully complete the course as well as provide formal and informal feedback to fulfil module requirements. These points will be agreed with your Workplace Mentor at the beginning of your studies
The roles and responsibilities of a Workplace Mentor is dependant on the course, and therefore specific online training is offered for all individuals embarking on Workplace Mentorship. Firstly, the Workplace Mentor will be given access to some online resources to review. This is followed by an hour long online session delivered via MSTeams where the SABI Lead covers the expectations, documentation and assessment associated with the module(s). A CPD certificate will be given for all individuals who attend the online mentor training.
For information regarding the expectations of a Workplace Mentor please contact SABI
SABI offers Clinical Updates which are facilitated by the Clinical Training Team. These are bespoke and can be arranged for individuals or departments depending on need.
If you have a member of staff who has a consistency high Technical Recall rate for instance, SABI can put a package involving one-to-one training. These Clinical Updates tend to run at the Glasgow or Edinburgh Breast Screening Centres.
If you simply would like an informative Clinical Update for your department, then again SABI can put a package together but the Clinical Trainers will come to you for these.
For costs and how to organise a clinical update please contact Maureen McAuley at SABI
To apply for the clinical mammography courses and modules run directly by SABI then contact Maureen McAuley and an application form will be sent out to you.
Modules associated with the MSc Mammography such as Research Methods and Dissertation are run directly by QMU and should be applied for via this link: MSc Mammography Online Application
If you are unsure and want to discuss options then please contact Simon Holmes.
To apply for the PgCert Mammography you will need a degree or diploma in Diagnostic Radiography or Therapeutic Radiography with HCPC/Coru registration and current employment in a clinical environment offering mammography experience.
To apply for the HECert Mammography you will need 2 passes at SQA Higher Level or equivalent and working in a clinical environment offering mammography experience.
To apply for the PgCert Breast Ultrasound, applicants must be a healthcare practitioner currently employed in a clinical environment offering breast ultrasound experience to study the workplace modules and have with the support of a line manager and workplace mentor.
To apply for the Advanced Practice Clinical Modules, applicants must be a healthcare practitioner currently employed in a clinical environment offering relevant experience to study the workplace modules and have with the support of a line manager and workplace mentor. Please contact Maureen McAuley at SABI to discuss entry requirements.
To apply for MSc modules through QMU such as Research Methods or Dissertation please contact Simon Holmes to discuss options. and entry requirements.
You may be granted exemption from studying a module, provided you can demonstrate successful achievement of all the learning outcomes. Please contact Simon Holmes to discuss options.
If English is not your first language then you will be required to provide evidence of English language competence at IELTS 7 (no less than 6.5 in any element) or equivalent.
Additional information can be found below via the QMU Website although ensure you discuss options with Simon Holmes before applying for any QMU specific options:
Here are two testimonials from previous students on the MSc Mammography Programme:
The Scottish Academy of Breast Imaging is based at the West of Scotland Breast Screening Centre in Glasgow:
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If you are applying for the clinical courses run by SABI then contact Maureen McAuley who will send you an application form as well as general information about the course you wish to apply for: Maureen.McAuley@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Contact Maureen McAuley for information regarding course fees: Maureen.McAuley@ggc.scot.nhs.uk.
If you are unsure and want to discuss options then please contact Simon Holmes simon.holmes@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
This toolkit is a suite of resources designed to assist experienced educators and facilitators, with expert knowledge and skills in facilitating work-based learning, to deliver the NES Facilitation of Learning programme. Ideally, facilitators should have a qualification and experience in healthcare education, for example, those with a post-graduate certificate in education or professionals who work in continuing practice and professional development departments, or in a practice education role, or learning and development roles.
This toolkit provides information and practical guidance on preparing healthcare professionals and service users or carers, who may be involved in facilitating interprofessional learning, uni-professional learning, or service user/carer education in the workplace.
The toolkit is intended to be a flexible resource. Sections of the toolkit can be used to support existing learning programmes or activities or used in its entirety to plan specific programmes depending on local or individual needs. Specific considerations for online delivery of education are not covered in this toolkit. Information in relation to developing and delivering online learning can be found on the Guidance for education page in TURAS Learn.
Facilitation of Learning Programme aims to support health and social care workers with a role in facilitating learning in the workplace. It has been developed to support those involved in facilitating learning as part of their role in the workplace, who wish to develop or refresh their knowledge and skills in the delivery of education and training. Its purpose is to support the development of knowledge and skills in relation to the design and delivery of education and training and is relevant for both clinical and non-clinical roles.
Participants of the programme will be offered the opportunity to use a blended learning approach consisting of two parts. The first part is the completion of Units 1- 4 of the NES Facilitation of Learning programme (approximately eight hours) accessed via TURAS Learn. The second part is engagement in interactive workshops, either online or in-person (approximately eleven hours), arranged by your local facilitator. These workshops can be delivered in a variety of ways either four online workshops or two full day workshops. The programme aims to help them plan, deliver and evaluate their own learning programmes. The content is focused on the theory and principles which underpin effective adult teaching and learning. Facilitated development workshops can be delivered locally. All the resources required for facilitation of the programme and further information can be accessed via TURAS Learn.
You can get in touch with your local Practice Educator directly: Local nursing and midwifery practice educator (PE) contact details
NHSGGC has a system wide HCSSA programme, chaired by Professor Angela Wallace, Executive Nurse Director and co-chaired by senior HSCP and Medical representatives. The programme was remobilised in summer 2023 and has representatives from all professions that the Act covers as well as leaders from relevant areas of service.
The Health & Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 was enacted in April 2024. It aims to provide a statutory basis for the provision of appropriate staffing in Health and Social Care services to support the delivery of safe and effective high-quality care. This will be achieved by having the right people with the right skills in the right place at the right time to improve outcomes for people using our services and improve staff wellbeing.
The Act does not prescribe health care staffing levels or planning and instead supports the development of suitable approaches in various health and social care settings.
We are currently in the ‘implementation phase’ of the programme, in this the enactment year, and will continue to end of March 2025. A link to the Act can be found here: Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019: overview – gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
NHSGGC must:
NHS Scotland Boards and delivery partners must report annually to Scottish Ministers on how they have met the requirements in the legislation and support Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) and the Care Inspectorate (CI), as required.
NHSGGC agreed to be a ‘test board’ as part of Scottish Governments development of the legislation and its guidance, amongst other Health Boards. From September 2023, the Programmes focus was to review the Acts draft duties and guiding principles using SWOT analysis techniques, in multi-disciplinary teams across the Health Board and our 6 HSCP delivery partners. This has been completed for the Acts guiding principles and the majority of the Duties within the Act. The multi-professional approach and preparation has enabled the Board to establish an Evidence Bank, for where we have compliance with the Act and highlight key activities and actions to be delivered to improve the level of compliance.
As such, the Act will be implemented maintaining the multi-disciplinary planning approach, taking the outputs from the testing of the duties, that have developed from recommendations into driver diagrams to plan out the improvement activities required for compliance. These have translated into a list of actions, prioritised by assurance and risk rating, and are or being assigned to a lead or short life working group.
We are working hard to deliver this in a way that impacts as little as possible on “business as usual” work of our busy clinical colleagues, splitting the duties into separate working groups and meeting regularly to ensure multi professional input are considered and solutions reached by consensus, which has been the core approach to this programme.
We are working cross-organisationally with our colleagues in other NHS Scotland boards to ensure we deliver the Act consistently across Scotland and build a supportive network of subject matter experts. We are committed to understanding the experiences of others and providing learning to everyone involved.
All staff must review and understand the principles of the legislation and consider the impact on their responsibilities to:
They must also take responsibility to escalate to the senior person on shift any immediate concerns about healthcare staffing.
As a clinical leader, you are responsible for supporting teams in their knowledge and understanding of health and care staffing which is inclusive of open and transparent discussions about health and care staffing decisions.
Please refer to ALL Quick Guides relating to the Act.
Please complete:
Learning resources : Informed level | Turas | Learn (nhs.scot)
Learning resources : Skilled level | Turas | Learn (nhs.scot)
For certain identified roles, it is also recommended to complete the expert level:
Learning resources : Expert level / Turas / Learn (nhs.scot)
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The Programme Board aims to meet monthly and works within this Governance Structure
Scottish Government (SG) have published statutory guidance to accompany the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019.
Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) in collaboration with SG have developed a series of Quick Guides to compliment the statutory guidance relating to NHS services.
The aim of these quick guides is to:
The AHP and AHP HealthCare Support Worker Education Fund is offering AHP staff the opportunity to apply for funding for the following learning and development opportunities:
Using Counselling Skills within AHP Professions at Strathclyde University for both AHP and AHP HCSW staff.
Exploring Practice and Practices Learning at Work 2024 at Glasgow Caledonian University. A work based learning module open to AHP HCSWs only
HNC OT Support 2024 at Glasgow Clyde College open to all AHP HCSWs who support Occupational Therapy in any aspect of their role.
Applications close on Monday 4th November 2024 at 9.00am
Clinics are held on weekdays at Level 1A, Laboratory Medicine Building, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow. Peripheral Clinics are held, usually monthly, at the following locations:
All referrals should be sent to the Clinical Genetics Service at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (Laboratory Medicine ) and the patients will be offered an appointment at the nearest appropriate clinic, or in some situations, a virtual consultation.
Consultant and Genetic Counsellor clinics are held at Clinical Genetics Department, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
At present, satellite clinics for cancer genetics are not being held at locations around the region, but patients will be offered remote consultatation by video or telephone as an alternative to travelling to Glasgow to be seen face to face, as appropriate.
It is not always necessary to see patients with cancer genetics family history in clinic, and some referrals will be dealt with by letter.
With specialist ENT and skull base surgeons at QEUH, Glasgow
Held weekly at QEUH in Clinical Genetics with patients attending appointments at the Inherited Cardiac Conditions Clinic on Tuesdays (seen as joint appointments with Cardiology) or Genetics Clinic on Thursdays. Peripheral clinics are provided at: University Hospital Crosshouse, Forth Valley Royal Hospital, The Houldsworth Centre in Wishaw, University Hospital Monklands. Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, Inverclyde Royal Hospital and Vale of Leven Hospital.
Email: Chloe.Cowan@ggc.scot.nhs.
Email: Chloe.Cowan@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Email: katriona.brooksbank2@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Email: melissa.robert@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Email: Caroline.Watson@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Email: Samantha.Carmichael@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Email: Judith.Godden@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Email: Charlie.Mayor@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Email: clare.orange@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Email: Tracey.Hopkins@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
As clinical staff may not be in the department or may be on leave, it may be preferable to contact via the genetics secretaries or generic email / phone rather than directly.
Telephone: 0141 354 9200 or 0141 354 9300
Email: GGC.geneticssecretaries@ggc.nhs.scot
Supports children with neuromuscular conditions and their families.
Further info available at www.smn.scot.nhs.uk Care-Advisor.pdf (scot.nhs.uk)
“Clinical Supervision provides nurses with space to reflect on and discuss aspects of their role that are motivating and inspiring them, and also those elements that are frustrating or concerning them. Nurses and their supervisors can then jointly work through how the former can be promoted and the latter addressed” (Scottish Government, 2017).
The restorative model of clinical supervision is recognised as an approach to support reflective practice that can help build practitioners’ resilience by focusing on the individual’s (supervisee’s) experience, aiming to sustain their wellbeing and their motivation at work.
This is achieved through guided reflection, exploratory questioning and supportive challenge, enabling a focus on action planning and goal setting. Restorative clinical supervision offers practitioners the opportunity to regularly discuss the positive aspects of their work which is as important as exploring those issues they find more challenging (NHS Education for Scotland, 2021).
Restorative clinical supervision is considered essential to support the nursing and midwifery workforce with the emotional challenges of their role, develop their reflective capabilities, and enable them to address professional challenges in new and innovative ways, thus contributing towards a healthy workplace culture (NHS Education for Scotland, 2022).
NHS Scotland is committed to enabling the nursing and midwifery workforce access to regular clinical supervision and support. This includes non-registered staff such as health and care support workers.
This commitment is required to ensure that safe, effective and high-quality person-centred care is provided to patients and support families and carers. In line with the Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland’s vision (Scottish Government, 2017), the aspiration is for all nurses and midwives to participate in clinical supervision appropriate to their role by 2030.
If there is no established restorative clinical supervision within your clinical area, please contact your Practice Education Facilitator (PEF) or Care Home Education Facilitator (CHEF) for further information. If you do not have an allocated PEF or CHEF you can contact the team using the generic email address practiceeducation@ggc.scot.nhs.uk.
We recommend that all practitioners preparing to participate in restorative clinical supervision as supervisees, undertake Clinical supervision unit 1: fundamentals of supervision. Unit 1 is designed to provide you with an introduction to clinical supervision; what it is, the purpose, processes and potential benefits.
One of the ways in which to develop the skills to become a clinical supervisor is to participate in the Clinical Supervisor Preparation Programme. This programme is managed and facilitated by the practice education team in collaboration with the NHS Education for Scotland (NES) Nursing and Midwifery Practice Educators.
The programme will offer you an opportunity to participate in a programme using a blended learning approach which builds on the theoretical foundation provided by the self-directed online learning units. Completion of the units is undertaken in conjunction with the online skills development workshops. The programme will also provide you with an opportunity to practice and develop the knowledge and skills for the role of clinical supervisor.
Participants are asked to engage with and complete the four self-directed online learning units (approx. 6hrs). They can be accessed on TURAS Learn and are part of the NES Clinical supervision resource. You will then be offered five facilitated skills development workshops accessed using MS Teams (approx.11hrs) or two in person study days held centrally within the board area.
The enrolment process is managed and facilitated by the PE team. There is a current timetable for this year and the programme runs on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Participants are requested to choose a cohort when booking for example, all Tuesdays or all Wednesdays. The enrolment form has a list of all the cohort dates and times you should complete this with your preferred dates.