Posts by NSS
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NSS partners with Mail Force to secure COVID-19 testing machines for island boards
NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) recently worked in partnership with a charity, Mail Force, to secure cutting-edge COVID-19 testing machines for Scotland’s three island NHS boards.
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The Year of the Nurse and the Midwife - Mary Morgan
2020 has been a year of challenges for our nurses and midwifes. Given that it has been designated The Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, we want keep celebrating the importance of their roles and thank them for the extraordinary work they are doing. This month we spoke to Mary Morgan, Director of Strategy, Performance and Service Transformation in order to know a bit more about her role and her perspective regarding the challenges nurses have been facing during the pandemic.
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Dental practice action - required update for public certificates
There are some changes coming for public certificates for dental practices (renewing ePractitioner verification certificates for patient search) which need to be carried out by practices by 13 October 2020. After this date, if the new certificate has not been installed on local practice management systems, practices will no longer be able to retrieve patient details in response to a patient details request.
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The Year of the Nurse and the Midwife - Sofie French
Throughout 2020 we’re celebrating the ‘Year of the Nurse and Midwife’ – recognising the significance of their varied and integral roles – including high quality care and essential services delivered. This time, we spoke to Sofie French from the Infection Prevention and Control team.
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Furthering support for Scottish businesses
NSS National Procurement’s latest order with Dumfriesshire-based Alpha Solway will secure a sustainable Scottish supply of PPE masks and visors until summer 2021.
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Stonehaven train derailment
NHS National Services Scotland, and our Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) colleagues, would like to thank all donors and the public for their support at this difficult time. We would also like to reassure all blood donors that hospitals in Scotland are well supplied with blood.
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New NHS report could transform stoma care for thousands across Scotland
NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) has today (11 August 2020) released the National Stoma Quality Improvement Group (NSQIG) Report. The group was commissioned by the Scottish Executive Nurse Director Group (SEND) and has been endorsed by Scotland's Chief Nursing Officer Fiona McQueen and Chief Pharmaceutical Officer Rose Marie Parr.
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Accelerating technology enabled care during COVID-19
Near Me is a free and confidential web-based technology from Attend Anywhere that helps health and social care providers offer video consulting to people.
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NSS sponsors CivTech testing innovation challenge
NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) is sponsoring a CivTech challenge that invites businesses to provide innovative solutions to further accelerate and strengthen Scotland’s testing capability within the Test and Protect programme.
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Supporting COVID-19 testing capacity in Scotland
NSS is supporting partners across NHSScotland in many ways during the current outbreak. View our video on how we’re working with partners to deliver coronavirus (COVID-19) testing capacity to help save lives and protect the health of the people of Scotland.
