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: We continue to experience significant COVID related pressures across all of our health and social care services, once again the number of COVID patients admitted into hospital care within the past 28 days has exceeded 500, Despite these ongoing challenges, our staff continue to show true commitment to our patients and their loved ones. Finally, I am delighted to announce that Denise Brown has been appointed as Interim Director of eHealth with immediate effect. The appointment follows current eHealth Director, William Edwards, being appointed as Jonathan Best’s successor in the position of Chief Operating Officer.
Topics in this Core Brief: Patient Administration Transformation (PAT) Programme – Acute Services; Site security – please help to keep our workplaces safe; Women’s Safety Survey; and COVID 19 – Key Safety Theme – Good Hygiene.
Topics in this Core Brief: Changes to Lateral Flow Testing; Active Staff – Guided health and Wellbeing Walks; and COVID-19 Key Safety Theme – Remember to adhere to Maximum Occupancy.
In this Brief Jane talks about: COVID related staff absences and the challenges this brings, ED’s are experiencing greater pressures, changes to self-isolation guidance, staff receive New Year Honours.
Topics in this Core Brief: Changes to self-isolation and quarantine and New Year message to all health and social care staff by Caroline Lamb, Chief Executive NHSScotland and Director General Health and Social Care.
Topics in this Core Brief: Visiting update – Essential Visiting only from Wednesday 5 January 2022
Topics in this Core Brief: Guidance on RIDDOR and COVID-19, Microsoft Office 365 (M365) and eESS reminder
Topics in this Core Brief: staff exemption from 10 day self isolation, PCR testing – prioritisation for staff, Have a COVID safe festive season, Active staff survey, ScotRail emergency timetable and Live Arts Events
Topics in this Core Brief: Booster vaccination for staff; WHO statement update; RITA Award Winner 2021; Cabinet Secretary’s festive message to NHS staff; A festive message from Caroline Lamb; and A CRT Christmas by Roslyn Kingsley, Physiotherapist, East Dunbartonshire HSCP.
Topics in this Core Brief: Visiting update – 25 and 26 December 2021; New Functionality in Near Me – ‘Consult Now’; and Active Staff.
This Core Brief includes a Christmas message to all staff from Professor John Brown CBE, Chairman, and Jane Grant, Chief Executive.
The key items for discussion included scrutiny of the ongoing response to COVID-19 and its impact on our services and the Board’s remobilisation and winter plans. The Board also received reports on performance, finance and infection prevention and control and welcomed the full business case for a new health and social care facility that will benefit communities within the North East of Glasgow.
Topics in this Core Brief: NHSGGC Peer Support Framework; Battery disposal; ScotRail emergency timetable; The role we can all play to support NHSGGC Social Distancing Champions – See it, say it, stop it.
Topics in this Core Brief: A Christmas letter to everyone in the NHS from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge; Our public appeal to help reduce waits at vaccination clinics; Power of Attorney in Scotland; and Have a COVID Safe Festive Season.
Topics in this Core Brief: Annual leave buy back and carry over 2021/22, New temporary visiting arrangements in adult acute and mental health wards and We’re exhausted! How can we keep going during the COVID-19 pandemic?!
In this issue Jane talks about: the Omicron variant, temporary visiting arrangements, vaccination teams have redoubled their efforts to bring forward more vaccination appointments, congratulations go to the entire team at the IRH for achieving their Investors in People (IiP) accreditation and finally, Santa and two of his elves abseiled down the RHC to raise money for the Children’s Hospital Charity.
Topics in this Core Brief: Care Home Visiting; Microsoft 365 features; One year of testing: NHSGGC testing lab marks first anniversary in fight against COVID; and Physical Distancing Audits.
Topics in this Core Brief: Inverclyde Royal Hospital accredited by Investors in People, eESS – Reminder for Managers – Proxy Users/Data Breaches and Save the date – NHS Scotland Event 2022.
Topics in this Core Brief: Provision of support to vaccination programme and Update following First Minister’s announcement.
Topics in this Core Brief: Self-Isolation Exemption for Staff – Updated 10 December 2021; Ordering supplies for the festive season; Nurses and Midwives – Learning Needs Questionnaire; and Two metre physical distancing within NHSGGC.
In this issue Jane talks about: Public Health Scotland and the First Minister are both strongly urging everyone to consider postponing work related Christmas get-togethers until the New Year, self-isolation rules will be changing, COVID vaccinations, the QEUH/RHC and care provided by our staff has been raised in the chamber of the Scottish Parliament again this week and the new £21.7m Clydebank Health and Care Centre has now been handed over to us for commissioning, ahead of its opening in early February.
Topics in this Core Brief: Lateral Flow Testing – Making it work; Clinical governance and correct use of urine pregnancy tests (UPT); Christmas fire safety; and COVID-19: Key Safety Theme – Remember to adhere to Maximum Occupancy.
Topics in this Core Brief: Message from Anne MacPherson and Linda de Caestecker; Staff COVID-19 testing; Community Perinatal Mental Health Service; Marking one year of COVID-19 vaccinations; and Shared decision making – Yes, I think I understand… but could you explain a bit more about it?
Topics in this Core Brief: Occupational Health Service – new IT system; eESS / Payroll Cut-off – Friday 10 December / Issue with Manager Email Alerts for Payroll Transaction Approvals; Festive bus service information; and COVID 19 – Key Safety Theme – Good Hygiene.