The Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014, better known as the ‘Lobbying Act’, has been the focus of much speculation and has caused immense confusion for a range of third sector organisations. This summary briefing provides information about: what lobbying is regulated, who or what is exempt, what information needs…
November’s Health Policy Officer’s Network
HPON or the Health Policy Officers Network is a peer support network of Health Policy Officers in small to medium sized organisations who meet to discuss policy issues affecting the voluntary health sector in a supportive environment. VHS and and Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland jointly administer the group. The group held its latest meeting on…
Anticipatory Care – Blog on the QNIS Chair in Community Nursing’s Inaugural Lecture
On 23rd November, QNIS Chair of Community Nursing at Robert Gordon University, Professor Catriona Kennedy, gave her inaugural lecture on Anticipatory Care. Janette Barrie, the National Clinical Lead (Nursing) for Anticipatory Care with Healthcare Improvement Scotland, attended, and has provided us with our latest guest blog. What an honour it was to attend Professor Catriona…
Three pieces of advice for a community placement!
Ruth-Ann Welsh, Undergraduate prizewinner for Abertay University offers some words of wisdom. As a first year mental health nursing student I had very little knowledge about the role of a community mental health nurse or the challenges that lay ahead, I would like to start my blog by offering three pieces of advice for students…
HPON with the Health and Sport Committee
Kiren Zubairi is Policy Engagement OFficer with VHS and here talks about her first meeting with the Health Policy Officer’s Network. During my third week in post as the new Policy Engagement Officer at VHS I attended my first Health Policy Officer’s Network (HPON) meeting which took place at the Scottish Parliament. HPON is a…
The journey to community nursing
QNIS Undergraduate Prize Winner from QMU, Jade McNee, tells us about her experience of community nursing. My first ever placement as as a student nurse was withing a District Nursing team. I was extremely nervous and apprehensive and did not know what to expect. I vividly remember the first home visit I went on with…
The importance of community views in Planning
Rob Mackie, Policy and Communications Manager with QNIS talks about attending a meeting with Planning Aid Scotland. Last week, I attended a great conference held by Planning Aid Scotland on Exploring Patrick Geddes in the 21st century. For those that may not know, Patrick Geddes was a Scot and a pioneer of urban planning. He…
Health Policy Officer’s Network
Recently, the Queens Nursing Institute Scotland and VHS agreed there was potential for a networking group of policy officers based in health. Working in smaller organisations can be difficult, in terms of limited capacity to keep up to date with the latest developments.
Anticipatory Care Planning: gives people greater choice and control over their future care and support
Janette Barrie, from NHS Lanarkshire, discusses Anticipatory Care Planning. In Lanarkshire, we started developing anticipatory care planning a few years ago. Our initial brief as part of the Scottish Government’s Long Term Conditions Collaborative programme, was to present an example of an anticipatory care plan (ACP) used within the care home environment. Although there was…
Intergenerational Event with QNIS and GCU
On Thursday 16 June Glasgow Caledonian University hosted a lunch for the West of Scotland Queen Nurses (QNs) and District Nursing (DN) students currently undertaking the PgD Advancing Practice in District Nursing programme (PgD APDN). The lunch was a planned opportunity for intergenerational discussion and sharing of experiences.
