Core Brief is our regular employee update and provides important updates across a variety of topics, ranging from operational and site specific information, through to messages for our staff from our Chief Executive.
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In this issue Jane talks about: thanks our fantastic peer immunisers for their tremendous work delivering the flu vaccination to staff; the West Dunbartonshire HSCP Staff Awards; On Wednesday, I met with the Scottish Information Commissioner alongside our Freedom of Information (FOI) team as part of our commitment to the FOI process; and patient feedback on Ward 6C at Gartnavel General Hospital.
Topics in this Core Brief: Band 5 nurses urged to apply for role re-evaluation; Malnutrition Awareness Week: 11-17 November; and Health Literacy Month Conclusion: Ask questions, get better patient.
Topics in this Core Brief: Reduced Working Week hours – eESS Records; Looking after yourself and others – sessions in November; and Online Training Sessions for Abbott FreeStyle Meters (POC Glucose/Ketone).
Topics in this Core Brief: Announcement on new Chief Executive.
Topics in this Core Brief: Festive pay dates; Let’s talk about… Menopause; Child Death Reviews; and New clinical trial seeks over 60s.
Topics in this Core Brief: Staff Money Worries Support Campaign 2024; Support for staff affected by International Events; Armed Forces Engagement Sessions – November 2024; and Black History Month: Reclaiming Narratives Event.
In this issue Jane talks about: our Annual Review event; managing financial pressures, we need to look at ways to work smarter and maximise our resources; this week, Chair, Dr Lesley Thomson KC hosted Neil Gray, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care at a visit to the Beatson; our Biorepository, based at the QEUH Laboratory Medicine Building, has achieved ISO: 20387:2018 accreditation – the first centre in the UK to achieve such a standard; and patient feedback on the Ophthalmology Clinic at the New Victoria Hospital.
Topics in this Core Brief: Price revision at catering outlets; Invitation to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s Annual Review 2023/24; Information Asset Register; To Absent Friends Week (1 – 7 Nov 2024); and Health Literacy Month.
Topics in this Core Brief: Investors in People plaque presented to NHSGGC; Review of Band 5 Nursing Roles; UKHSA Briefing Note; Launch of New NHSGGC Public Protection Service Sharepoint Site; and Roadworks M8 and M898.
Topics in this Core Brief: Workforce Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Bulletin.
Topics in this Core Brief: Hardship and wellbeing support for staff and Armed Forces Engagement Sessions – November 2024.
In this issue Jane talk about: the upcoming NHSGGC Annual Review; our Patient Hub service which is a new one-stop online platform which provides patients with information relating to their care at a click of a button; thanks our clinical and estates colleagues for their swift response in managing repairs on the QEUH campus; congratulates to Pamela Dalrymple, our Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist, who has been invited to the Scottish Parliament; Professor Ewan Forrest, Consultant Physician and Hepatologist at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, and Honorary Professor at University of Glasgow, has been appointed as the new British Society of Gastroenterology Alcohol Lead; and patient feedback on the team at the Day Surgery Unit at the Vale of Leven Hospital.
Topics in this Core Brief: Band 5 nurses urged to apply for role re-evaluation and Peer Support training dates October-December.
Topics in this Core Brief: Medical Peer Support Hub and NHSGGC DWP Hospital Helpline.
Topics in this Core Brief: Nursing Digital Clinical Notes (DCN); Looking After Yourself and Others – 5.00pm session; National Allied Health Professional Day (AHP’s) – 14 October; and Scottish Health Awards finalists.
In this issue Jane talks about: increased pressures across our acute sites; Black History Month; NHSGGC and HSCP partners have been nominated for no fewer than 15 awards within the Scottish Health Awards; and feedback on our MIU service at the GRI.
Topics in this Core Brief: Band 5 nurses urged to apply for role re-evaluation; The IV Medicine and Flush Administration Policy V2; eESS Managers – going on leave?; and Malnutrition Awareness Week (11-17 November).
Topics in this Core Brief: Listening to our patients.
Topics in this Core Brief: The Infection Prevention and Control Quality Improvement Network Newsletter (IPCQIN); Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing Support Z Card; and Health Literacy Month – October 2024.
Topics in this Core Brief: Gartnavel Campus welcomes eight new teams this month; Care Home Collaborative – October newsletter; and Challenge Poverty Week.
In this issue Jane talks about: Speak Up Week; the launch of ‘Team Talk’—a new, simple communications brief to promote conversation and feedback; the Annual Apprentice Celebration and Awards event; the National Health Awards nominations and the special Reader’s Choice winner now open; fantastic feedback regarding Dr Roger Wong at the Brownlee.
Topics in this Core Brief: Cut It Out: Building a safe and respectful workplace for all; Could your patients benefit from virtual consultations?; Band 5 nurses urged to apply for role re-evaluation; GGC Medicines Update; Menopause Peer Support Drop In; and M8 roadworks – junction 26 (Hillington).
Topics in this Core Brief: Data Security Spotlight – Supplier Email Compromise; Staff flu vaccinations; Introducing the NHSGGC Primary Care Strategy 2024-2029; eESS input – cost centre amendments; and Transport update.
Topics in this Core Brief: Data Security Spotlight – Business Email Compromise; Celebrate Black History Month throughout October; and Health Literacy Month.