Archive | May, 2016

Good progress made in HSMR rates

NHS Lanarkshire continues to make good progress in relation to hospital standardised mortality ratios (HSMR). There has been a reduction in HSMR rates across Lanarkshire, with all three acute hospitals performing better than the Scottish average. Dr Iain Wallace, NHS Lanarkshire medical director said: “We welcome the publication of the latest Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratio […]

Win a glamping experience

Win a glamping experience

We’ve teamed up with NHS Staff Benefits and Loch Tay Highland Vacations to offer one lucky reader a two night break in a Glamping Dome. The prize, which is valued at £150 for two adults, is to be used in 2016. Based within Perthshire, at the very shore of the Loch, Loch Tay Highland Vacations […]

High quality evidence available via top point-of-care resource

Now available via The Knowledge Network on the web and to download to your mobile device, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) best practice is a decision-support tool for use at point of care. The resource is structured around the patient consultation covering diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention and presenting the required information just as it […]

Revalidation is here - By Margot Russell, director of NMAHP Practice Development Centre

Revalidation is here – By Margot Russell, director of NMAHP Practice Development Centre

The first of our nurses and midwives to undertake revalidation have now been through the process. I’m glad to say those I have spoken to have told me they have found revalidation very straightforward. Revalidation is a new requirement from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) to promote good practice. Every three years, nurses and […]

The state pension has changed

The State Pension has changed for people who reach State Pension age on or after 6 April 2016. The new State Pension replaced the old basic and additional State Pension and brought an end to contracting out and the National Insurance rebate. Anne Mare Campbell, head of human resources (acute and property and support services […]