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Our Initiatives

We continually add to our portfolio of education and training support for NHSScotland and social care staff.  This section contains detailed information.

Child Health

Welcome to the NES Children and Young People's Health website where you will find a range of information regarding educational initiatives for staff working with children and young people in Scotland...
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Health and Social Care

We have a range of strategic partnerships, in particular between health and social care, which deliver education and workforce development to support key policy initiatives and better integrated servi...
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Healthcare Associated Infections

The Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI) team lead the educational elements of the Scottish Government's HAI Task Force delivery plan on the Prevention and Control of Infection. ...
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Leadership and management

The National Leadership Unit delivers a range of leadership development programmes and activities across NHS Scotland. The Unit also supports the development of policy and strategy for leadership dev...
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Mental health and learning disabilities

Mental Health has been a National Clinical Priority for some time, but the momentum for change in both service design and workforce development has been energised by recent legislative and policy deve...
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Patient Safety and Clinical Skills

NHS Education for Scotland has committed to supporting improvements in Patient Safety through a range of educational research, development and delivery. ...
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Prescribing and Patient Group Direction

The education resources in this section will support those undertaking Non-Medical Prescribing (NMP) programmes of preparation, non-medical prescribers working across different care settings and pract...
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Public Health

Working towards a cohesive, integrated and progressive approach to workforce education and development in public health...
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Remote and rural

The Remote and Rural Healthcare Educational Alliance supports the development of the NHS workforce providing healthcare services for people living in remote and rural communities throughout Scotland...
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Workforce Development

Workforce development aims to support NHS workers to adapt and develop in response to changing service needs...
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Maternity Care

The Midwifery and Reproductive Health Team within NES have considerable professional and educational experience to support NHS Scotland and others in ensuring that not only the maternity care workforc...
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Latest initiatives

This section contains information on the latest education and training resource which we have developed for NHSScotland staff and, increasingly, for Social Care staff. ...
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