As part of the Homelessness and Inclusion Health Faculty, the QNIS has agreed to host a network for nurses working in the field. The network would provide an opportunity for nurses to hear from inspirational speakers, share best practice and learn about new policies and events being developed by colleagues across Scotland. The first meeting…
Self Management Week Activities at COPE
QMU International Practice Development School – December 2016
Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh is giving you the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to be a person-centred practice developer. The five day course, from the 5th to 9th December, will help embed person-centred culture within teams and organisations. Further details about the course are available by downloading this flyer. For any questions…
Call for Projects – Care Home Nursing
The RCN Foundation is looking for projects focusing on the ways in which nursing in patient care can be improved within the care home setting. Proposals should be submitted by the 30th September, and the RCN Foundation has a budget of £50,000 per project. Download this flyer for further information about this great opportunity.
Facilitation for developing effective relationship centred practice
University of the West of Scotland, Hamilton Campus 6th-7th October and 18th November 2016 This article should provide you with some information about a unique and creative opportunity to experience relationship centred facilitation. The 3 day programme led by My Home Life Scotland facilitators will provide you with the opportunity to apply theoretical and practical…
Midwifery History Study Group
A friend and supporter of QNIS is organising a midwifery history study group in October, and we would urge anyone interested to head along for what is shaping up to be a wonderful session.
Notes from the Field: Mary Houldsworth – 19th September
Join the Edinburgh Friends of MSF for the first part of their Refugee Series to hear from the amazing Mary Houldsworth. She’s been working for MSF since 1998 and has been on missions to Afghanistan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Calcutta and Liberia. Most recently, she has been working in the field during the Refugee Crisis and on the…
The future of primary care in Scotland: a view from the professions
QNIS is a signatory to a new report, released today. The future of primary care in Scotland: a view from the professions sets out our shared understanding of the role of primary care and an agreed set of principles that we believe should underpin the future of services, wherever they are delivered and whoever they are…
Hot Topic in Diabetes – One Day Course
The management of type 2 diabetes in Primary Care has become increasingly complex. We are challenged by rapidly rising incidence of diabetes and its complications, we are seeing increasingly complex patients with multi-morbidity, and there has been an explosion in new classes of drugs. A course has been developed, and the flyer is available here.
Clare Cable awarded Honorary Professorship
We are delighted to announce that our Chief Executive and Nurse Director, Clare Cable, has been awarded an Honorary Professorship within the Division of Nursing at Queen Margaret University (QMU).
