My Home Life is an initiative to promote quality of life for those living, dying, visiting and working in care homes for older people through relationship-centred and evidence based practice. In Scotland the programme is led by University of West of Scotland (UWS) in partnership with Scottish Care and Age Scotland. There are a number…
Voices of Experience – Mary Hope
As a Queen’s Nurse serving the communities of Orkney, Mary’s story provides a window into island life. This interview covers Mary’s early years, her midwifery training in Newcastle and her many years working across the islands of Orkney. This account of Queen’s Nursing in the 1960s and 1970s is of particular interest for those with…
Fire Starter Festival – Creating Psychologically Safe Places to Hold Awkward Conversations
As part of Workforce Scotland’s Fire Starter Festival, COPE Scotland is hosting an event seeking to discuss the concept of psychologically safe places where people could come together and discuss where things don’t go as planned or where it’s a nice idea in principle but in reality there are factors which we need to acknowledge and…
Digital transformation required to enable improved records sharing
18 health organisations, representing more than 60,000 primary care clinicians working across the length and breadth of Scotland, have collectively responded to the Scottish Government’s consultation “A Digital Strategy for Scotland 2017 and beyond” outlining the urgent need to radically transform the digital infrastructure to support multidisciplinary healthcare services. The response outlines the current challenges…
Out in the District: The history of community nursing in Scotland
On 13th February, QNIS and RCN are hosting an event looking at the history of health promotion in the community. This free event, taking place at the RCN Scotland offices, will will explore the fascinating history of the QNIS, focusing on the role which Queen’s Nurses adopted in health promotion. The presentation will draw on materials…
Voices of Experience – Adeline Reid
In this interview, Adeline describes her professional journey from initial training in Elgin, her Queen’s Nurse training in Glasgow and a varied career in Glasgow and the North East of Scotland. She talks about how the role of the District Nurse, and the relationship with GPs, changed during her career and describes the long and…
Homeless and Inclusion Health Network – 17 January
NHS Health Scotland supports the Scottish Faculty for Homeless and Inclusion Health. This is a branch of a UK-wide network which aims to support practitioners involved in health care for homeless people and other excluded groups, including Gypsy/Travellers, vulnerable migrants and sex workers. Membership of the Faculty is free and open to anyone working in…
QNI Wall Calendar brings Nursing History to Life
The Queen’s Nursing Institute, our sister organisation in London, are using a wall calendar to celebrates the charity’s 130th anniversary next year. Illustrated with photographs of nurses from the QNI archive, from the Victorian and Edwardian era through to the early decades of the NHS. One of the photos featured is of Scottish Queen’s Nurse…
Developing a 2030 Vision for Nursing
Across autumn, the Chief Nursing Officer launched a consultation exercise, seeking views on present and future nursing in Scotland. The CNO’s goal is to produce a vision for maximising the nursing contribution to health and well-being. It will set out what nursing needs to look like by 2030 and capture the things we do well,…
SPNA Education Grant
An education grant of up to £200 is available to all Scottish Practice Nurse Association (SPNA) members of at least two years. The SPNA will award 2 grants per financial year. Please note that applicants can only apply once within a 2 year period. If you would like to apply for a grant then please…
