Nursing News

Queen’s Nurse Programme 2024

Social care providers in Scotland who employ registered nurses are invited to nominate a member of staff for a nine-month transformational leadership programme.  

NES Year in Review – 2021

NHS Education for Scotland (NES) has recently published their year in review for 2021. As part of this, our Transforming Workforce Lead, Dr Jane Douglas has written a piece and filmed a video on promoting care home practice placement to student nurses.

Dementia and Covid -19: Medication Support

The government have contracted the Care Inspectorate to look at the prescribing, use and review of psychoactive medication in care homes during the pandemic. Our Transforming Workforce Lead for Nursing will be supporting this work.