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• Partnership Working

The Employee Director is a Non-Executive Director member of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) and Co-Chair of the Area Partnership Forum. They work in partnership with the Board and its Executive Management to provide advice on workforce issues directly affecting NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Working alongside the Employee Director are 2 Staff Partnership Leads and an APF Administrator.

Directly accountable to the Chairman of the Board and elected as the Chair of the Staff Side, the Employee Director and Employee Director’s Office is the Board’s conduit for 15 Trade Unions/Professional Organisations, and takes forward staff side views to influence Board Policies and to ensure that staff interests are properly reflected in Policy Development and encourage the ethos of Partnership Working.

Portraying positive behaviours and encouraging collaborative working, the Employee Director’s Office work with the Board to achieve its objectives and represent the views of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde staff by influencing debate and discussion.

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The Team

Ann Cameron-Burns
Employee Director

Elaine Quail
Staff Side Partnership Lead

Amanda Walton
Staff Side Partnership Lead

Kirstin McKenzie
Administrator to the Area Partnership Forum

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If you require to speak with your Trade Union Lead or your local Staff Partnership Fora Staff Side Lead or Deputy Staff Side Lead, please see the contact lists below

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• Partnership Working

This year the Chair, Prof John Brown CBE, presented two awards which recognise outstanding achievement, expertise, and dedication in patient care. In common with all the other awards, these celebrate our people’s collective efforts and the lasting impact they have had on the lives of the people of Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

Andrew Thomson

One of Andrew’s patients was going through a high risk pregnancy, when her husband sadly passed away after a two week battle with cancer. On hearing the news, Andrew called to offer his condolences and also talk about how he and his team could support the patient during this heart breaking time.

Andrew has an incredible way of communicating with patients and their families, with empathy and intuitiveness in abundance.

Unscheduled and Urgent Care Services

Due to unprecedented pressures, our Urgent and Unscheduled Care services have adapted to new and ever-changing situations which have been nothing short of remarkable. From the launch of the Flow Navigation Centre and Mental Health Assessment Units, to the ongoing dedication, commitment and professionalism of our EDs, IAUs, Community Pharmacies, MIUs, in-hours and Out of Hours GP Services, who have worked tirelessly with the support of diagnostic services.

At the start of the pandemic, it became clear that those who became very ill with Covid need a place where they could be seen and assessed safely and away from non-Covid patients.

Our Community Assessment Centres were created. This significant project required input from all of the eHealth teams to ensure the centres had all the necessary telephony and IT kit. They also needed to be set up very quickly.

eHealth teams responded to the needs of the service, working above and beyond to introduce new processes to book in Covid patients outwith hospital settings. The staff showed immense flexibility and changed their hours of work and their roles. The success of the CACs was due to the commitment, flexibility and team working across eHealth to support the Board in its response to the pandemic.

The William Cullen Prize for Excellence In Teaching and the William Cullen Prize for Service Innovation are awarded in collaboration with the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh.

William Cullen Prize for Innovation

Dr David Lockington is a Consultant Ophthalmologist based in Gartnavel General Hospital.

Dr Lockington identified the opportunity to transform unused rooms within the Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology library into a state of the art teaching suite for ophthalmology training. There are now three rooms which consist of an ophthalmic simulation area, a computer room for trainees and a seminar room.

The suite allowed simulated microsurgical skills to be developed and maintained during lockdowns, and is now used regularly by trainees and the wider multidisciplinary team. This development has been extremely well received by local trainees, and has addressed previously identified surgical training gaps.

Local ophthalmology training has been enhanced significantly, and to illustrate the impact, this initiative has since been replicated in other UK centres.

William Cullen Prize for Education – Joint Winners

Doctor Scott Morris is the Clinical Director for the Renal Unit, based in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, though which provides a full range of renal services to the West of Scotland.

This unit has for some time demonstrated a high standard of teaching and training, as evidenced by consistent and positive feedback from trainees. Trainees emerge as highly trained renal physicians, having been supported by a skilled group of established Consultants with a range of subspecialty interests.

The experience gained while attached to the unit is clearly valued by trainees, who highlight in particular the supervision they receive within the department, the supportive environment and the overall level of satisfaction working within a very strong team.

Dr Libby Ferguson and the Palliative care team based in the Marie Curie Hospice in Glasgow continue to provide an extremely high standard of clinical training which trainees recognise with positive responses to the Scottish trainee survey and National training survey.

There is a strong culture of educational governance identified within the centre. Trainees attached to the team there give very positive feedback in all areas, with Foundation trainees in particular highlighting the very supportive and educational environment provided by the team, and General Practice Specialty Trainees similarly appreciating the education and experience that is provided.

Staff Awards 2025

Every day our staff and volunteers go above and beyond to provide the best possible care and support to patients, relatives and staff. The Celebrating Success Awards held on 28th May 2025, are an opportunity for us to recognise that, and this year’s winners are fantastic examples of the hard work and incredible dedication all our staff display year round.

Every award winner and nominee should be immensely proud of themselves for the contribution they make to the delivery of healthcare in Scotland.

Find out about the winners and nominees from each award category below.

The winners were also announced live on the night on our social media channels (follow the #ggcawards hashtag).

View our photos from the 2025 Celebrating Success Awards event.

Previous Winners

You can read about the previous winners and nominees, watch videos, and view the photos from the awards event using the button below.

Nominate a Person, Team or Project

If you would like to nominate a person, team or project for an award please complete the relevant form below:

All NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde employees can self-refer to the Occupational Health Service to access a wide range of confidential support services including counselling and psychological therapies. 

The NHSGGC Staff Support and Wellbeing Hub can provide you with support in a range of areas: 

• Money issues 
• Weight management 
• Mental health and wellbeing 
• Peer support 
• Emotional wellbeing 
• Stop smoking 
• Stress management 
• Mindfulness 
• Women’s health 

The NHS Scotland Pension Scheme provides NHSGGC staff with a high-quality pension scheme that offers defined benefits at retirement and protection for your dependents based on your career average earnings. 

The amount you pay towards your pension scheme depends on your ‘pensionable pay’ (which is your salary, wages, fees and any other regular payments but not any bonuses, expenses or overtime payments). 

NHSGGC contributes 20.9% of your pensionable pay into the scheme on your behalf. 

Key features of the NHS Scotland Pension Scheme include: 

• Benefits accrued on a Career Average Revalued Earnings (CARE) basis. 
• Normal pension age the same as the your State Pension Age. 
• Pension accrual rate of 1/54th of pensionable earnings each year. 
• Benefits for active members revalued each year using the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) plus 1.5%. 
• Benefits for preserved members increased using the CPI each year. 
• Valuable death benefits for your dependents. 
• Option to take part of your pension and continue working. 
• Enhanced pension for working longer than normal pension age. 
• Option to purchase additional pension. 
• Option to buy out the actuarial reduction if retiring from age 65 and before state pension age. 
• Option to take up to 25% of pension pot as a tax-free lump sum. 

Staff are welcome to opt-out of the NHS Scotland Pension Scheme at any time. Staff are also welcome to contribute to an alternative pension provider if this is preferable. 

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is a Living Wage employer and, as such, the lowest available salary of £23,240 translates into an hourly rate of £11.89 per hour, which is considerably above the Scottish Living Wage rate of £10.90 per hour. 

• Agenda for Change is the NHS pay system for all staff directly employed by NHSGGC (with the exception of some very Senior Managers, Doctors, and Dentists). The current Agenda for Change salary scales can be viewed at the NHS Scotland Management Steering Group website. 

• The salary scales for medical and dental professionals (including Consultants, Junior Doctors, the Scottish Public Dental Service, Specialty Doctors and Associate Specialists) can be viewed at the NHS Scotland Management Steering Group website. 
• The salary scales for very senior managers (including executive directors and senior management) can be viewed on the NHS Scotland Publications library. 

‘Growing our inclusive culture: Empowering everyone to promote Respect, Kindness and Equity.’

Thank you for attending the third annual NHSGGC Workforce Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Conference, which was held on Thursday 14 August 2025, at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Teaching and Learning Centre.

The workforce conference began with powerful opening remarks from Professor Jann Gardner, NHSGGC Chief Executive, followed by Dr Lesley Thomson KC, NHSGGC Board Chair. Delegates also received a comprehensive overview of the NHSGGC Workforce Equality Group Action Plan 2025-2026 from Liam Spence, Head of Staff Experience.

You can find here, the Workforce EDI Conference 2025 Resource Pack.

The 2025 EDI conference theme was “Growing our inclusive culture: Empowering everyone to promote Respect, Kindness and Equity”. The day included an inspirational keynote presentation from Dr Barbara Banda, you can view Barbara’s presentation here, presentation.