NHS Education for Scotland (NES) in collaboration with the Care Inspectorate produced the Preventing Infection in Care DVD. A trainer programme was developed in 2016 to support the implementation

Assessment and management to optimise skin health 

There are two new sets of guidance available on diabetes monitoring and smoking legislation for care homes, also a mental health evidence gathering tool from the Health and Wellbeing Improvement

A mobile app developed by the Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group (SAPG) and NHS Education Scotland (NES) is now available to download. This mobile app is one of a portfolio of tools and

Each year the SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign aims to progress the goal of maintaining a global profile on the importance of hand hygiene in health care and to 'bring people together' in

Each year the SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign aims to progress the goal of maintaining a global profile on the importance of hand hygiene in health care and to 'bring people together' in

The Medical and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency have issued an alert about '

Improving pressure ulcers in care homes

To support World Pressure Ulcer Prevention

Tommy Whitelaw from The Health and Social Care Alliance gave an inspirational talk to student nurses at the UWS (Ayr Campus) last week, as part of a series

NHS Education for Scotland are hosting a couple of workshops in October for health and social care staff with an interest in pressure ulcer and wound care.

A standalone website for the National Infection Prevention and Control Manual has been launched by Health Protection Scotland. The website features a latest news section and a video from Chief

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

Providing information and Raising awareness – June 2015

The flu programme will protect more people than ever before from flu. Visit www.immunisationscotland.org.uk/flu or call

NHS Fife Microbiology laboratories receives approximately 70000 urine specimens per annum requesting culture. Many of the requests indicate the test was sent because of a positive dipstick test

Do you know that there are some medicines that should be stopped temporarily during a dehydrating illness?

NES and HPS have produced an educational resource providing practical demonstrations and explanations of procedures taken to minimise the risk of waterborne infections and outbreaks.

The arrangements for death certification and registration have been extensively reviewed and in 2011 new laws were passed by the Scottish Parliament to:

The Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have published the following alerts.