NHS Education for Scotland (NES) NES Regional Events - Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Revalidation
Regional Events have been organised by NHS Education Scotland to enhance organisational readiness for the implementation of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Revalidation. NMC Revalidation will be introduced from April 2016, with all nurses and midwives required to renew their professional registration through the revalidation process every three years. The NMC Code and how it is used to inform the day to day practice is central to the revalidation of individual nurses and midwives.
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Playing with risk: embracing the benefits with positive regulation - Save the date
Wednesday 27 January 10.00am – 3pm, Edinburgh
Keynote Speaker – Tim Gill (Co-author of Managing Risk in Play Provision)
with contributions from the Care Inspectorate, SOSCN, Play Scotland and others
Children and young people enjoy and benefit from challenging, adventurous play opportunities where they can test themselves and extend their abilities. Risk management in play contexts is different from workplace or factory contexts in one crucial respect - in play provision, a degree of risk is often beneficial, if not essential. Giving children the chance to encounter hazards and take risks provides other benefits, such as the chance to learn how to assess and manage these and similar risks for themselves. Hence accidents and injuries are not necessarily a sign of problems, because of the value of such experiences in children’s learning.
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Promoting Continence Event - February 2016 - Putting theory into practice
You are invited attend this event to improve and/or enhance your knowledge around continence care and promotion and to challenge beliefs and assumptions on what it’s like to age and to live with a dysfunctional bowel and bladder.
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Care Inspectorate attends Alzheimer Europe conference in Slovenia
As well as embracing Promoting Excellence, the Care Inspectorate has invested in a wide programme of collaborative work to improve awareness of dementia.
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Annual Report and Accounts 2014-15
The Care Inspectorate has today published its annual report, showing the performance of services across integrated health and social care, early learning and childcare, social work and criminal justice social work.
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