Core Brief

Topics in this Core Brief:
• Arrangements for Public Holiday to mark Scotland’s Opening Game at the Men’s FIFA World Cup – 15 June 2026
• Everything you need to know about MyCare.scot – Scotland’s new online health and care service going live 15 April
• Sexual Harassment (People Management) Webinar – sign up now
• Let’s Talk about…. Psychological Safety: What is it and how can I get it?
• Listening to our Patients – Care Opinion update

Topics in this Core Brief:
• Reduced Working Week (RWW) now live – 1 April 2026
• Sign up for another chance to ask the Interface team anything
• How We Lead: Reflecting on our First Year of the Leading the Way Nursing and Midwifery Strategy
• Looking After Yourself and Others Session – Wednesday 22nd April
• MAP of Health Behaviour Change Training opportunity

Topics in this Core Brief:

Workforce Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Bulletin

Topics in this Core Brief:
• NHSGGC achieves Equally Safe at Work (ESaW) Bronze Award, a first for an NHS Board in Scotland
• Opt-out testing for blood borne viruses at GRI Emergency Department
• Do you need advice or support to carry out patient or public feedback, or engagement activities?
• New look NHSGGC core statutory and mandatory modules on LearnPro: Once for Scotland modules have arrived
• Week 1 of Catch your Breath Sessions – part of Stress Awareness Month

Topics in this Core Brief:
• Reduced Working Week – 2 days to go!
• HR Support and Advice Unit temporary line closure
• Reminder – Workforce Systems downtime, including ePayroll, SSTS and ePayslips
• Turas Appraisal downtime – 1 April
• Copilot Standard Training – more sessions available this week
• NHSGGC Grand Round – Stress Awareness: Practical Tools for Looking After Yourself and Others
• GP Walk-in Centre Recruitment Opportunities in Cardonald

In this Core Brief, we share staff stories from recent visits across the Board:
• Celebrating NHSGGC’s unsung heroes at the Central Decontamination Unit
• Spring has sprung at Horatio’s Garden at the Queen Elizabeth National Spinal Injuries Unit
• Patient centred work at the Royal Alexandra Hospital showcased to Non-Executive Board Members

In this edition of the Interface update, you’ll find:
• Colleagues give us a peek behind the scenes at the FNC+Plus
• Sign up for another chance to Ask Us Anything
• Checking in on the paediatric pilot at the FNC+Plus
• Local children help bring NHSGGC patient flow to life
• We welcome two new clinical directors to the team
• Opportunity to join the team

This Message from the Chief Executive, Professor Jann Gardner, details how all NHSGGC newborns are now screened for Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Topics in this Core Brief:• Catch Your Breath – Stress Awareness Month – April 2026
• Turas Appraisal – Important update on Account Reset requirements for new staff
• Workforce Systems downtime

William Edwards appointed Chief Executive of NHS Fife

Topics in this Core Brief:
• eESS Downtime
• Active Staff Spring 2026 Walking Challenge – Registration Open
• Endometriosis Awareness Month – find out more about the condition affecting one in ten women in Scotland and visit the stall today
• Introduction to Copilot Standard for NHSGGC staff
• iMatter in Action: Celebrating team progress across NHSGGC

Topics in this Core Brief include:
• Celebrating our nurses and midwives as we mark the first year of Leading the Way
• Reminder: GGC Resident Doctor Wellbeing Day this Wednesday
• Reduced Working Week – 9 days to go!
• My PDP&R – Making the Most of the PDP&R Process
• A new look for NHSGGC core statutory and mandatory modules on LearnPro: Once for Scotland modules

Topics in this Core Brief include:
• Who will you choose? Learn the stories behind the names for the new home of the FNC+Plus and Virtual Hospital
• The Patient Experience Public Involvement Team – Bitesize Videos Focus Groups
• Drive a new electric or hybrid car with our Salary Sacrifice Car Benefit Scheme

Topics in this Core Brief include: NHSGGC earns national recognition for advancing gender equality in the workplace; Reduced Working Week – 13 days to go!; and Training opportunity in British Sign Language (BSL).

Topics in this Core Brief include: My PDP&R in March; Medic Peer Support Hub – In-Person Training Day; and Raising awareness of falls risk patients.

This issue of Core Brief includes: A summary of the NHSGGC Board Meeting held on Thursday 26 February.

Topics in this Core Brief include: Update to Retail Catering Prices – From 1 April 2026; Tell us about your Engagement and Involvement work — Overview Report 2025/26; Public Protection Service: New training sessions; and NHSGGC Spiritual Care: First Annual Report 2024-25.

Topics in this Core Brief include: Upcoming Disclosure Scotland changes; PDP&R – Turas Appraisal System Downtime; The NHSGGC Staff Bursary – now live; Supporting staff with time to attend health appointments; and Meet the Patient Experience Public Involvement Team.

Topics in this Core Brief include:
• Report from the Health and Safety Forum

Topics in this Core Brief include: Message from the Scottish Government in relation to the recent developments in the Middle East; Get your flu vaccine before the winter programme ends; Reduced Working Week – 20 days to go!; Publication of Polypharmacy Guidance: appropriate prescribing, making medicines safe, effective and sustainable 2026–2029; and Once for Scotland Phase 2.2 Awareness Sessions – Follow up.

In this edition of the Interface update, you’ll find:
• Dive into the data: Virtual Hospital and FNC+Plus
• NHS24 Paediatric Pilot goes live in the Flow Navigation Centre Plus (FNC+Plus)
• Re-name the new home for the Virtual Hospital and FNC+Plus – have your say!
• Pathway Spotlight: Call Before You Convey
• ICYMI: Ask Us Anything responses

Topics in this Core Brief include: Let’s talk about… Tired? Understanding and improving your sleep; Invitation: Virtual Group Consultation for Menopause; Training opportunity – Introduction to Health Literacy – 27 April 2026; World Delirium Awareness Day 2026 is here! and Support for staff who smoke.

Topics in this Core Brief include: Listening to our patients; Stand up against Hate Crime; Have your say on Scottish Government social survey data! and Union Street fire.

Topics in this Core Brief include: Have your say: Help us name the new home for the FNC+Plus and Virtual Hospital; Information Governance and Data Protection Training; Become a Peer Supporter – 2026 Peer Support Training dates; and GGC Medicines Update.