In the QNIS office, we have all recently downloaded the My Home Life app for our phones. While it has been developed in the care home sector, the messages will resonate with all of those involved in health and care across Scotland and beyond. Read more about the My Home Life initiative in Scotland and…
Scotland’s Gardens Autumn Lectures – 1st October, Stirling
Creating Connections at ICCHNR
This August, one of QNIS’s Creating Connections projects will be presented to an international audience, as part of the 2015 ICCHNR Conference. CHOICE, or Connecting Health and social care to Offer Individualised Care at End of Life, is a project seeking to develop and test an initial framework of integrated working to facilitate person centred care for patients and…
Anticipatory Care Planning and Advanced Care Planning Survey
The Scottish Non-Malignant Palliative Care Forum have asked us to circulate this survey on Anticipatory Care Planning. We would be grateful if you could read the below note from the Forum, and then complete the survey. The Scottish Non-Malignant Palliative Care Forum is composed of representatives of the professions providing palliative care to patients with…
Summer Newsletter
We have published our latest newsletter. Click here to view for further information about: our recent funding programmes next year’s annual conference our ongoing history project
ICCHNR 2015 will be available online
The 6th Annual ICCHNR Conference from Seoul will now be available to stream online. All you need is an internet connection with a minimum download speed of 2MB. There will be two options available; conference archive for $50, and the archive along with the online streaming for $100. For further information, please visit the ICCHNR…
Report on UN Convention on Rights of the Child
On 1st July, Together, the Scottish Alliance for Children’s rights, submitted their report looking at the implementation of the UN Convention of Rights of the Child. The report highlights areas of success, whilst also listing 109 recommendations which the UK and Scottish Government’s could implement to further promote, protect and respect children’s rights. …
Learning Disability and Practice Event
It is important that newly qualified nursing graduates are able to work with all client groups. In light of this, the University of Glasgow and Glasgow Caledonian University Schools of Nursing held a two day event on Learning Disability for First Year Adult Nursing and Learning Disability students. The aim was to provide greater awareness…
New Vacancy – Administrator
We are looking for an experienced administrator to join our small team on a full time basis. Working as a core member of a small team, you will have experience of administering a range of projects simultaneously, organising events and providing a knowledgeable point of contact to all enquirers. Closing date for applications is the…
Dementia Awareness Week (1-7 June)
Dementia Week runs from 1 June to 7 June, and is a valiant effort to raise awareness of a condition which over 90,000 people in Scotland (600,000 in the UK) live with, not to mention the countless numbers of carers. Here are a few things going on this week you may be interested in: Alzheimer Scotland…
