About NES

NES helps to provide better patient care by designing, commissioning, quality assuring and, where appropriate, providing education, training and lifelong learning for the NHS workforce in Scotland.

Everything we do and plan is based on eight fundamental principles

  • Patient-centred outcomes for all our work streams
  • Equity of access to educational support for all NHS Scotland staff
  • Appropriate balance between uni-/multi-disciplinary approaches to education
  • Responses to service needs that are speedy and effective
  • Working in partnership
  • Evidence-based and quality assured frameworks for all developments
  • A value-added dimension to all our initiatives
  • Valuing diversity and striving for a culturally competent workforce