About us

NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is the national health board with statutory functions for providing, co-ordinating, developing, funding and advising on education, training and workforce development for the NHS and in partnership with SSSC for social care staff. It is a national organisation with a significant regional presence in Scotland.

NES is a leader in educational design, delivery and quality assurance. Utilising the very best in technology enabled learning, organisational and leadership development, workforce and learning analytics and digital development, across the entire health and social care workforce and in every community in Scotland, NES will help to facilitate staff to be supported, skilled, capable, digitally enabled and motivated to deliver improved outcomes.

NES leads national programmes such as the NHS Scotland Academy and NHS Scotland Youth Academy (with NHS Golden Jubilee), the National Centre for Remote and Rural Health and Care, and the Centre for Workforce Supply. NES also leads national level quality improvement development programmes and is leading on the development of the national digital platform and a wide range of digital technology solutions.