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Training in psychological skills – early intervention for children (TIPS-EIC)

Let’s Introduce Anxiety Management (LIAM) LIAM is a staged training offer intended to develop skills in the delivery of a CBT-informed approach for the treatme…

Healthcare science

Commissioning of training View details of our clinical scientist pre-registration training Our postgraduate scientist trainee cohort includes Pre-registration C…

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Scottish Vaccinations Privacy Notices

The way that vaccinations are delivered in Scotland changed in 2022. Responsibility for vaccine delivery moved from GPs to Territorial Health Boards in order to…

Child vaccination privacy notice

Fairer Scotland and equality impact assessments

We have a systematic process for considering the actual or potential impact of our work on different groups. This is known as Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA).…

Trauma Informed Care pathfinder ProQOL Survey Privacy Notice

Data Controller NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is an education and training body and a special health board within NHSScotland, with responsibility for develo…

Launch of Open Badges on Oral Health

The Priority Groups workstream, within the Dental Directorate, are now able to launch its first Open Badge on Mouth Care. ‘The Importance of Mouthcare in the Ca…

Consultation on NES’s future equality outcomes

We are consulting on equality outcomes for 2025-2029. They help us meet the Public Sector Equality Duty.

Registration is now open for the NES Annual Conference 2025

Registration is now open for the NES Annual Conference 2025 - Learning for Change: Tackling Health Inequity through Education and Workplace Learning. The confer…

Parenting: Psychology of Parenting Programme (PoPP)

Psychology of Parenting Programme (PoPP) The Psychology of Parenting Programme (PoPP) works collaboratively with Community Planning Partnerships (CPPs) across …

Staff Wellbeing Resources

As the country copes with another national lockdown and a second wave of COVID-19, we are all experiencing additional pressures. That is why it is important (i…

Healthcare science disciplines and sub-disciplines

Life Sciences In Healthcare Science, this covers the laboratory services that provide diagnostics across a wide range of scientific disciplines. Delivery of the…

Digital Health and Care Leadership Programme recruiting next cohort

The application process for Cohort 25 of our Digital Health and Care Leadership Programme (DLP) starting in January 2024 is now open. Designed for anyone who wo…

The NES annual conference 2025: registration closes soon

The NES annual conference 2025 is fast approaching, and registration is closing soon! Taking place on Thursday 24 and Friday 25 April, this year's theme is "Lea…

Turas Learn has a new homepage

The Turas Learn homepage changed on 22 June 2020. Working with Learn users our User Experience team created a fresh, simpler design. The collaboration helped us…

Digital health and care leadership programme (DLP)

The new digitally enabled workforce team, in collaboration with the NMAHP team at NES are expanding and scaling up the NMAHP digital health and care leadership …

Maternal psychological trauma

The aim of this work is that women using maternity services in Scotland receive a trauma informed approach throughout their maternity journey, that identifies t…

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

NES is now accepting applications for cohort 18 of the Digital health and care leadership programme. The programme is designed for experienced health and care p…

Pandemic affecting dentists' health - survey

You as a Collaborative Leader

A Collaborative Leadership Development Opportunity to support health and social care integration Another cohort of the popular Leadership for Integration progra…

Andrew Sturrock new Pharmacy Director

New NHS Education for Scotland NES pharmacy director Andrew Sturrock

Fellowship Award success for Val Findlay

News story about a Fellowship Award to Val Findlay from the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK

Generic Real Time Staffing Resource Goes Live

Healthcare Health Social Care NHS Education Scotland NHS Scotland Education Healthcare Staffing Health Improvement Scotland Real Time Staffing

Dealing with Death and Bereavement at Work

The NES Bereavement Education Programme has launched a film developed with colleagues from NHS Grampian. Dealing with Death and Bereavement at Work: Perspective…

New Equality and Diversity learning resources on Turas

The Equality and Diversity Zone has been reviewed and updated to make it easier to find relevant and up to date learning resources on equality, diversity and hu…

NES supports Scotland’s new bereavement Charter

After over eighteen months of development including consultation and engagement with individuals and groups across the country, Scotland’s first Bereavement Cha…

A New National Induction Framework for Adult Social Care

Why have we created the National Induction Framework: Social Care? Background About 2,250 workers join the social care workforce every year, a significant propo…

Dentistry

Clinical Effectiveness Clinical Effectiveness workstream, operates within the Dental Directorate. The primary aim of the workstream is to support dental teams …

Behaviour change for health

MAP of Health Behaviour Change Learning Programme "Definitely the most worthwhile and applicable training I've taken part in since I started my role." MAP stand…

The Dental Directorate's Digital Transformation

The dental directorate has undergone a digital transformation over the last few years embracing technology and new ways of working to benefit the delivery of hi…

Scotland launches its first human rights-based Charter for Bereavement

Media statement: Scotland launches its first human rights-based Charter for Bereavement Embargoed 00:01 Wednesday 15 April 2020 A Bereavement Charter for Childr…

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

The Turas Learn Covid-19 site, dedicated to Covid-19 specific learning resources, is one of NES's key contributions to NHSScotland’s pandemic response. NES reco…

Using technology to support people to live longer, healthier lives

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New substance use resource for Trauma Informed Practice

The National Trauma Training Programme (NTTP) and NES Psychological Interventions and Therapies for Adult Mental Health Team are delighted to announce the launc…

Medical Associate Professions commission

The Scottish Government appointed NES to carry out a commission on Medical Associate Professions (MAPs). There is a background paper on our Turas Learn pages. T…

Scotland and Norway remote and rural healthcare symposium

News article about the recent Scotland/Norway symposium hosted by the National Centre for Remote and Rural Health and Care.

NHS Scotland Workforce to 31 March 2020

Official workforce statistics for the core NHSScotland workforce, Psychology Services and CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) have been publishe…

NES Medical Education awards 2020

Figures from across Scotland’s medical community have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to the quality of medical education and training, in t…

Scotland’s new non-medical cystoscopy bootcamp

The new non-medical cystoscopy bootcamp launched on 8 and 9 of November. This course is the first key step on the new broader ‘once for Scotland’ non-medical cy…

Developing rural practice education through international connections

News about International Connections, a Leadership & Good Practice priority programme for NES'S National Centre for Remote and Rural Health and Care

Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS)

CAMHS learning co-ordinators (CLCs) Over the last few years, NES has been building a network of CLCs across the NHS boards to support the development of trainin…

Protecting medical education during Covid-19

We worked closely with partners to deploy a new grade of doctor at a a critical moment - in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. In April 2020, amid growing e…

NMAHP development showcase

NMAHP: It's all about Education for Scotland's Nurses, Midwives, Allied Health Professionals, Chaplains and Clinical Healthcare Support Workers. 2003 – Cleanlin…

Supporting dental services during Covid-19

We supported practices to adapt to new ways of working Like so many professions, dentistry was severely affected in 2020. The vast majority of dental healthcar…

Adult mental health - Psychological therapies and interventions

National Programme of Core Training in Psychological Therapies and Interventions for Adult Mental Health The NES Adult Mental Health training team supports the…

Applied psychology professional training programmes

Scottish subject benchmark statement: Clinical psychology and applied psychology (clinical associate) Scotland A joint initiative between the Scottish Executiv…

Dental vocational training number

Applying for a Vocational Training Number All dentists applying for a Vocational Training (VT) Number or Orthodontic Vocational Training Number must apply using…

Giving families the best start with the Family Nurse Partnership

Giving families the best start with the Family Nurse Partnership page of the NHS Education for Scotland website.

Transforming specialist dementia care in Scotland

The Transforming specialist dementia care in Scotland page of the NHS Education for Scotland website.

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

Background NES TIPS-EIC applies Implementation Science principles to engage with a range of stakeholders to deliver early, evidence-based interventions to child…

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