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Pharmacists benefit from cutting edge simulation training day

State of Medical Education 2020

Coronavirus Care Home testing materials

Scottish medical recruitment success

The National Trauma Training Programme (NTTP)

NES welcomes new chief executive

July 2021 Pharmacy Registration Assessments

Using webinars to increase knowledge and confidence

Dental CPD takes flight

Applying research and innovation to support training and wellbeing

Leading best practice, best care and support 10 years on

New Multidisciplinary education pathway supports rural advanced practice

Continued success for Scottish medical recruitment

Two weeks left to nominate your leader of the year

Funding fuels expansion in psychology training and services posts

New Director of Medicine for NES

Scottish winners at the Student Nursing Times Awards 2021

Humza Yousaf announces new NES board member

New Finance Director appointed at NHS Education for Scotland

Growing the Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) education team

Pharmacy technician workforce in Scotland receives essential boost

Delivering first class medical education and training for Scotland

Promoting care home practice placements to student nurses

Nursing and Midwifery - Here for Life

NES at the NHS Scotland Event 2022

Study into adverse events shows that involving patients and families could be key to improving safety

Medical trainee recruitment success

Relaunch of the updated National Infection Prevention and Control Manual (NIPCM)

Response to GMC national training survey

NES Healthcare Built Environment team launches knowledge and skills framework

NES offices closed on 19 September

Postgraduate Programme: Leading Digital Transformation in Health and Care for Scotland (PGCert, PGDip, MSc)

Do you facilitate work-based learning within health and social care?

Bright future for Rural Advanced Practice

New Director of NHS Scotland Academy, Learning & Innovation

New Board members appointed

Register now for the NHS Scotland Event 2023!

Community Pharmacy Workforce Survey 2023

New Pharmacy programme leads appointed (1)

New NHS Scotland national training centre for endoscopy

NES Strategy 2023-26: People, Partnerships and Performance

Let's talk about concussion

Non-Medical Cystoscopy PG Diploma Programme – Applications Now Open!

Turas 365 sign in

Enhancing rural healthcare

Exploring Digital Leadership Series: Leading digital inclusion in health and social care

Statement on RAAC concrete in NES premises

Fellowship Award success for Val Findlay

New cultural humility digital resource

Scotland and Norway remote and rural healthcare symposium

New: Near Me e-learning modules

We need your feedback – The Knowledge Network value and impact survey

Generic Real Time Staffing Resource Goes Live

Digital and data skills resource hub: pilot phase

NES has published its new Learning and Education Strategy

Applications invited to join NES Board

New sexual harassment elearning resource

Leading in the Digital Age Board Development - Digital Mindset Session for Board Members

iDiabetes – a framework for precision medicine in diabetes

New strategy maps NES journey towards net zero

NES Bereavement Education Conference 2024

Funding opportunities for remote and rural primary care research and evaluation

FNP Scotland celebrating a first in family nurse education

Dealing with Death and Bereavement at Work

Joint working to support remote and rural communities

Surgical First Assistants training programme now recruiting

Meet our 2024 Scottish Pharmacy Clinical Leadership Fellows

Statement on the Transgender Care Knowledge and Skills Framework

Supporting remote, rural and island health and wellbeing

Global leadership in rural mental health: insights from the Netherlands

Evidence-based approaches to recruitment and retention

Digital Health and Care Leadership Programme recruiting next cohort

International Recruitment masterclasses and community of practice forums

Stakeholder engagement in recruitment and retention

Developing rural practice education through international connections

Thriving in a Digital Age Pathways

NES has joined UK Boardroom Apprentice, as host for upcoming programme

Digital Leadership Series: Developing skills and confidence with the Digital and Data Capability Framework

NES Mobile Skills Unit delivers first simulation training session for care home staff

Research and Evaluation Projects

Scottish patients to benefit from new national digital dermatology pathway

£8.5 million for additional medical trainees in pandemic response

NES supports Scotland’s new bereavement Charter

NES welcomes new Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) credentialing service

Work in health? Help protect yourself, others and the NHS.

Karen Reid appointed new CEO

Supporting community pharmacies to deliver the right care

Community pharmacy workforce survey 2020

Delivering face-to-face assessment in a virtual world for the pharmacist foundation training programme

Prescriber prepared skills for foundation pharmacists in training as NHSScotland remobilises

Meet our 2020 Scottish pharmacy clinical leadership fellows

Welcome to our new site

Coronavirus: Recovery and Renewal

Pharmacy career review published

NES Medical Education awards 2020

Identifying care home risks earlier

NHSScotland workforce data to June 2020

Coronavirus (COVID-19) learning materials for professionals (1)

NES digital responds to Covid-19 with dedicated Turas learn site

Five year pharmacy training to continue

Recruitment rates for future medics

Right care, right place

GPCP Bootcamp Programme Redesign

Virtual Delivery of PRPS programme

New Resource: Medicines Reconciliation (Primary Care)

Psychological Wellbeing for you & your team

Scottish Pharmacy Clinical Leadership Fellow (SPCLF) Scheme

The Dental Directorate's Digital Transformation

Dementia Learning Bytes

Pharmacy Team Webinars

Turas Learn has a new homepage

Launch of Open Badges on Oral Health

Pilot of new Clinical Assessment App

'EyeCare'

New Resource: Heart Failure

NHS Scotland Workforce to 31 March 2020

New guidance to help design more effective work procedures

New Resource: COVID-19 Multi-Professional Educational Skills Bundles from CSMEN

NHS Louisa Jordan Pharmacy services led by NES Pharmacy Associate Postgraduate Pharmacy Dean

Nicole Cookson - NES Cross-sector Foundation Training Programme

Coronavirus recruitment portal attracts 18,000 applicants

Coronavirus support from returning staff and students

143 more staff graduate from specialist dementia training programmes

Coronavirus recruitment portal launched

Scotland launches its first human rights-based Charter for Bereavement

Long Term Condition Management in Primary Care: A Team Approach

Driving Improvements in Specialist Dementia Care

Educational Support for NHS Pharmacy First Scotland service

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Learning materials for professionals

Healthcare Science annual trainees and supervisors event

Get more out of virtual meetings

HR is changing: Jobtrain is coming

Whats New in Evidence Based Education

Supporting our educators to move online

Celebrating our allied health professionals on #AHPDay2020

New app supports Covid vaccine rollout

NES staff reflect on pandemic impact

Mental health support for staff

Recruitment is now open for Scottish Pharmacist Clinical Academic Fellows (2021-2023)

Staff Wellbeing Resources

Early career framework for community pharmacists in Scotland

Teaching from the Scottish Improvement Leader Programme (ScIL), embedded in practice

New funding for Technology Enabled Care learning supports health and social care practice

Launch of Quality Standards for Practice Learning (QSPL)

Using technology to support people to live longer, healthier lives

Extra support for Pharmacy training

National Once for Scotland Whistleblowing Standards and training

Medical Director to retire

Want to make a difference to health and social care in Scotland?

Better Early Intervention for Children and Young People’s Mental Health

Support for provisionally registered pharmacists

Maintaining trainee progression and meeting the demands of the service

Pharmacy Foundation support guides

CPD provision in primary care keeps on delivering

Realistic conversations: shared decision making in practice

Increasing perinatal mental health services for women in Scotland

Dementia Awareness Week and looking after the dementia workforce

NES Year in Review 2020

Perspective: a national digital platform

Perspective: using simulation in training

Perspective: the lead employer programme

Perspective: Project Lift

Perspective: supporting pharmacy training

Perspective: Mobile Skills Unit

Introducing the Quality Improvement Zone

Supporting better community glaucoma care

Pharmacy PRPS training grant extended

Caring for Carers

First Scottish Pharmacist Clinical Academic Fellows appointed

CBT in Primary Care

How the NES glaucoma award training (NESGAT) supports prescribing optometrists and their patients

Access Quality Improvement (QI) programme: launch of cohort one

Pandemic affecting dentists' health - survey

Building Digitally Enabled Services – Collaborative and Sustainable

Motivational Interviewing Training Programme 2021-2022

Update: Support for provisionally registered pharmacists and PRPS trainees

Allied Health Professions (AHP) expands practice education workforce

Digital health and care leadership programme (DLP)

Maternal psychological trauma

Community pharmacy workforce survey 2022

Medical training partnership announced in Glasgow

New learning resource from NES and Public Health Scotland

Meet our 2021 Scottish Pharmacy Clinical Leadership Fellows

Children and young people with eating disorders workshops

Join us to celebrate AHP's Day 2021!

NHS Scotland Academy

Expanding Scotland’s medical workforce

Simulation training transforms surgical skills

Meet our new principal leads for pharmacy simulation

Scotland’s new non-medical cystoscopy bootcamp

Focus on rural, health inequality and medical education fellowships 2021

Primary care dental staff show variation in well-being over time during pandemic

New induction resource for adult social care

Rethinking Remote 2022

New funding for Technology Enabled Care (TEC) learning supports health, housing, and social care practice

Community pharmacist training aids NHS Scotland Recovery

NES Tribute to Henry Rankin

Updated guidance on treating dental patients taking anticoagulants or antiplatelet drugs

New sessions aimed at sharing knowledge and experience in Technology Enhanced Learning

Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Train the Trainer Programme

Digital health and care leadership programme recruitment now open for cohort 18 (1)

Transforming specialist dementia care in Scotland

Huge increase in Independent Prescribing training for pharmacists addresses service demand

New Remote and Rural Festival of Learning on Skye to promote best practice in health and social care

Double Honours for NES colleagues

Digital learning in health and social care survey

Medical Associate Professions commission

Joint statement: Scotland welcomes new Core Advanced Pharmacist curriculum

New learning module for the diagnosis and care of bronchiectasis

New neonatal cooling education resources for better treatment of babies suffering a lack of oxygen during birth

NES at the NHS Scotland Event

NHS Scotland Academy launches National Resource to help boost staff nursing numbers

New eLearning module for Board members about equality and the Public Sector Duty

Assessment and support planning: telecare e-learning module

You as a Collaborative Leader

Exploring digital leadership series: fake or fact - how to find good evidence

NMAHP development showcase

Delivering Let’s Introduce Anxiety Management (LIAM) online during Covid-19 Lockdown 2021-2022

New substance use resource for Trauma Informed Practice

Driving knowledge and skills development for effective supervision

National Ultrasound Training Programme to aid NHS Scotland Recovery

NHS Scotland and Graduate Career Advantage Scotland Internship

AHPs Day 2022

Getting the most out of the early intervention framework

New training programme will upskill Health Care Support Workers to help future NHS workforce

Education for suicide prevention in demand: strong uptake for educational resources

Finalists announced

Meet our 2022 Scottish Pharmacy Clinical Leadership Fellows

New collaboration for dental education

Supervised training posts for EU dental graduates

Expansion of Scotland's medical workforce

National Digital Platform launched: Laying the foundation for a health and social care revolution

ReSPECT

Record medical training posts filled

Remote and Rural Series of Learning Events

New Framework for NMAHP Healthcare Support Workers promotes consistency in knowledge, skills and career progression

Digital Health and Care Leadership Programme is now open to applicants for Cohort 20

Reducing re-traumatisation in justice system: new approach to better support victims and witnesses

New International Recruitment Hub promotes working in NHS Scotland

NES supports optometrists to deliver new NHS Community Glaucoma Service

State of Medical Education and Practice 2023

Paramedics - a degree-based profession

New Skilled Level Facilitator Resources (1)

NHS Scotland Academy supporting NHSScotland

Scotland ranks highly for Medical training

Get the guidance in your pocket

New animation on the do’s and don’ts of clinical wash hand basins

Renewing a successful partnership

Adults with Incapacity Masterclass (1)

Concussion awareness at 2023 UCI cycling world championships

Andrew Sturrock new Pharmacy Director

New funding for technology enabled care qualification

Annie Gunner Logan new NES Vice Chair

Meet our 2023 Scottish Pharmacy Clinical Leadership Fellows

Get winter prepared with NES and ARHAI Scotland

Digital mindset session

Building a capable workforce through sharing knowledge, expertise and resources

Partnership with Open University in Scotland

Visiting professorship for NHS Scotland Academy, Learning and Innovation Director

Expanding Scotland’s medical workforce in 2024

Learning for career success

Supporting rugby concussion awareness

New education resource for UK four nations: Responding to the Sudden Death of a Doctor or Dentist in Training (1)

New essential learning module 'Introduction to Equality, Diversity and Human Rights'

Paperless Placement for University of Dundee Nursing Students

National training programme benefits thousands of patients across Scotland

New digital resource provides the latest clinical guidance on preventing and treating periodontal diseases

Research and evaluation funding for primary care

Scottish Apprenticeship Week 4 to 8 March

Rural Advanced Practice MSc Programme 2024 now open for funding applications

Record number of junior doctors take up posts

New SIPCEP Resources Quick Finder

New hub supports rural practice supervision

New NHS Scotland Academy Programme aims to improve lung cancer diagnosis

Free NHS earlier cancer diagnosis resource to rollout across NHS Scotland

New training facility for NHS Scotland workforce

New look Knowledge Network

Rural and Remote Health Credential (Unscheduled and Urgent Care)

Digital Transformation DLP Taster Sessions

New Technology Enabled Care (TEC) Online Module

NHS Scotland Academy Summer Newsletter

NES launches its Stakeholder Survey for 2024

Scotland scores highly for medical training

Community Pharmacy Workforce Survey 2024

Consultation on new education framework for containing and controlling antimicrobial resistance

Transgender Care Knowledge and Skills Framework

Launch of the One Good Adult Job Description (OGA-JD)

New Accelerated Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) Registration Training Portfolio Programme now recruiting

Lee Savarrio, new Dental Director and Postgraduate Dean

New Equality and Diversity learning resources on Turas

Dental guidance programme turns twenty

New associate director for healthcare science

Strathclyde adopts ‘Ask, Tell, Respond’ suicide prevention training

First UK Community Pharmacist obtains Advance Practice Level Credential from Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Looking to publish your research?

DLP Alumni Event 2024

How to support trauma-informed practice in the justice sector

The UK's first integrated optometry and independent prescribing MOptom (IP) qualification at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) has launched

Improving how health care is delivered

Young Scots looking to jobs in health, creative industries and engineering

Awards scheme funding remote and rural primary care research and evaluation