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Survey of podiatry provision in care homes

Please see below details from a group of researchers who are looking into podiatry in a care home setting. They are requesting input from Scottish Care members to their short survey, which you will find the link to at the foot of this post.

Researchers from the Universities of Dundee and Newcastle are interested in finding out the level of service provision for podiatry in care homes. The level of podiatry provision varies between the different areas of Scotland a great deal and we are interested in capturing the level of podiatry input currently received by care homes across Scotland.

As far as we know, no one has ever asked care homes what sort of podiatry input they get, and to what extent provision comes from the NHS or the private sector. In the long term, it is hoped that the survey will inform future research that our team here at the University of Dundee plan undertake in care homes around the role of podiatry in falls prevention. The survey is very short with only 6 questions, and will take less than one minute to complete. Thank you.

LINK TO SURVEY: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/9CXPNK3

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Funding Opportunity for Nurses

Applications are now open for The General Nursing Council for Scotland (Education) Fund and Margaret Callum Rodger Award. The awards are an education and learning opportunity for registered nurses and midwives to undertake educational developments, study tours or carry out small scale projects, all of which must make a difference to patient or client care.

The Fund will close for submission of applications at 5.00pm on Wednesday 23rd January 2019.

Further information about the scholarship and the application form can be found on the NES website www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/education-and-training/by-discipline/nursing-and-midwifery/information-for- practitioners/general-nursing-council.aspx

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Going the extra mile – CWC event

Each year Scottish Care has a nominated charity we support in various ways – as some of you may be aware, in 2018 that charity is the Care Workers Charity.

CWC are launching a national ‘Care Workers Charity Day’ on the 30th of July. As part of this they are asking the care sector to put on some kind of event, ideally a mile walk, to raise awareness, publicity for the care sector and essential funds for the charity. If you’d like to get involved or are looking for more details please see the event pack below.

Event pack - going the extra mile