Food and fluid mythbusters are part of the Food First campaign
The campaign focuses on the importance of food and drink in improving a patient’s recovery and how it can potentially lead to quicker discharge from hospital.
The information is aimed at staff, patients, visitors and family and highlights the role we can all play in patient recovery.
The NHSGGC staff Excellence Awards are looking for patients, visitors and staff to nominate our dedicated teams and individuals. Our staff truly have gone above and beyond in this past year and a half and we want you to tell us about your experience of outstanding care.
These prestigious awards are for individual members of staff, teams, or projects that have identified ways to deliver improvements that benefit patients and service uses, colleagues, or NHSGGC.
Staff, patients and visitors can all nominate in these awards. We want you to tell us about the dedicated teams and individuals who go to extraordinary lengths to provide exceptional care for people who use our health services. The award ceremony will take place Friday 30 October 2026.
But we’re not just looking to celebrate the tremendous efforts of our staff. We are also looking for services that staff have moulded to patients’ needs, or projects that have transformed the way we work.
There are nine categories in our Excellence Awards, so there is a category to fit every project, programme, or an outstanding member of staff.
Our awards are a brilliant opportunity to shine a light on someone you know, who goes above and beyond the call of duty, to provide exceptional care and support.
We know our staff provide incredible patient care but we need you to tell us your stories.
Our Internal Communications Team communicates news to over 40,000 NHSGGC staff. This is done using a range of digital and physical channels, including the daily Core Briefs.
Core Brief is our regular employee update and provides important updates across a variety of topics, ranging from operational and site specific information, through to messages for our staff from our Chief Executive.
To access Core Brief, please click on one of the tiles below, or use the search function.
Core Brief – 10 March 2025 (Daily update, 10.15am)
Topics in this Core Brief: Information Governance Guidance & Training; Nutilis Clear Ordering Process; William Cullen Prize; GGC Medicines update; and Care Home Collaborative – March newsletter.
Topics in this Core Brief: 2015 Remedy: Member update; Reporting an Incident of Violence and Aggression; Action on sexual harassment and gender inequality as we mark International Women’s Day; and How to support colleagues during Lent.
Topics in this Core Brief: Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 (HCSSA); Realistic Medicine: Careful and Kind Care; Looking after yourself and others; Scottish Quality and Safety Fellowship – applications closing Monday 17 March; and Clyde Sector staff celebrated at annual awards ceremony.
Topics in this Core Brief: Electric Vehicle Charging Hubs go live at QEUH and Gartnavel; World Delirium Awareness Day (#WDAD25) 12 March 2025; Facilities and Estates website launch; Trauma-Informed Practice Training; and No Smoking Day (Wednesday 12 March) – Very Brief Advice Training Module.
Brief – 3 March 2025 (Message from Professor Jann Gardner, Chief Executive, 2.40pm)
This Core Brief features a video message from the Chief Executive, Professor Jann Gardner, where she reflects on a recent visit to Clydebank Health and Care Centre and Queen’s Quay Residential Care Home.
Core Brief – 25 February 2025 (Daily update, 3.25pm)
This Core Brief includes a call for nominations for the Jane Davies Award for Person-Centred Practice, an update on NHSGGC Clinical Guidelines, and information on an upcoming LGBTQ+ Leadership Event.
Core Brief – 21 February 2025 (Daily update, 08.35am)
This Core Brief details new HCSSA resources and celebrates staff at the NHSGGC’s Regional Services annual awards and the Holyrood Connect Digital Health and Care Awards.
Core Brief – 19 February 2025 (Daily update, 4.00pm)
Topics in this Core Brief: Cut it Out and Equally Safe at Work – Update; Digital Skills and Literacy – Cyber Security and Information Governance; National Adult Support and Protection Awareness Day – 20 February 2025; Band 5 nurses urged to apply for role re-evaluation; and Nutrition in care homes app.
Core Brief – 18 February 2025 (Letter from the Cabinet Secretary Health and Social Care to All NHS Staff, 4.15pm)
This issue of Core Brief includes a letter to all NHS Scotland Staff from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Neil Gray, on the reduction of the working week for Agenda for Change staff to 36 hours.
Core Brief – 18 February 2025 (Daily update, 11.55am)
Topics in this Core Brief: Last chance to enter our Excellence Awards; Patients share benefits of virtual consultations; Looking after yourself and others – session 26 February; Your Voice Matters: How we are using your iMatter feedback; and Nutrition and Hydration Week 2025!
Core Brief – 17 February 2025 (Daily update, 2.00pm)
Topics in this Core Brief: Excellence Awards; Digital Champions Forum: Thursday 20 February 12.30-1.30pm; and eESS awareness ‘Drop in’ sessions/eESS training dates 2025.
Core Brief – 13 February 2025 (Daily update, 1.30pm)
Topics in this Core Brief: Share your experience of palliative care; Band 5 nurses urged to apply for role re-evaluation; and Listening to our patients.
Core Brief – 11 February 2025 (Daily update, 1.30pm)
Topics in this Core Brief: Digital Skills and Literacy Programme; Let’s talk about… Money Matters and Financial Wellbeing; and Hardgate Road closure – Sunday 16 February 2025.
Core Brief – 10 February 2025 (Daily update, 2.00pm)
Topics in this Core Brief: LGBTQIA+ Peer Support Training Day; LGBT History Month – A message from Andy Wyllie Chair, NHSGGC LGBTQ+ Staff Forum; and NHS Scotland Event 2025 – call for posters now open.
Core Brief – 6 February 2025 (Daily update, 12.45pm)
Topics in this Core Brief: Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness Week; Band 5 nurses urged to apply for role re-evaluation; Quality Strategy Newsletter; and Care Home Collaborative – February newsletter.
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