Here is a collection of older pieces of policy work that QNIS has fed into.
Folic Acid Fortification Briefing
In partnership with Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Scotland, QNIS has prepared this document to raise awareness of the issues in the Westminster Consultation, and to encourage support for the forthcoming legislation.
Primary Care Clinical Professions Group
QNIS is one of the established members of the Primary Care Clinical Professions Group. This group includes other professional bodies from across Scotland: Royal College of Nursing, Royal College of General Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals Federation, Optometry Scotland, Community Pharmacy Scotland, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, British Dental Association.
The purpose of the group is to be more than the sum of its parts, to be a powerful voice for change in primary care. Already, the definition of primary care developed by the group has been adopted by Scottish Government.
2019
Response to Scottish Parliament Health and Sport Committee Inquiry on Primary Care
The Primary Care Group collectively issued a response to the aforementioned Inquiry.
2017
Future of Primary Care: a view from the professions This document sets out 21 principles which we believe should underpin the future of primary care services. It also proposes a definition of Primary Care for Scotland:
Most of the time, people use their own personal and community assets to manage their health and wellbeing and achieve the outcomes that matter to them. Primary care professionals enhance this by providing accessible health care and support to individuals and families in the community, when it is needed, at whatever stage of life.
Primary care is provided by generalist health professionals, working together in multidisciplinary and multiagency networks across sectors, with access to the expertise of specialist colleagues. All primary care professionals work flexibly using local knowledge, clinical expertise and a continuously supportive and enabling relationship with the person to make shared decisions about their care and help them to manage their own health and wellbeing.
Primary care is delivered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. When people need urgent care out of core service hours, generalist primary care professionals provide support and advice which connects people to the services they need, in a crisis, in a timely
way.
A Digital Strategy for 2017 and beyond: a view from the professions This is a response to a Scottish Government Consultation. It calls for the Scottish Government to produce a digital strategy which enables record sharing across Primary Care.
QNIS have individually responded to other policy initiatives and consultations. The most recent of these responses can be found below:
2016
Chief Nursing Officer Developing a 2030 Nursing Vision – December 2016: the QNIS response to the CNO’s policy initiative, seeking to set out what nursing should be like by 2030. Among others, we made calls for increased investment in suitable digital technology, flexible post-graduate education and support for those in acute wishing to move into the community based workforce.
