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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.

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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.

They are:

  • Chair’s Award of Excellence
  • Chief Executive’s Award of Excellence
  • Fairer Health Award
  • Nursing and Midwifery
  • Outstanding Care Award
  • Supporting Our People Award
  • Sustainability and Value Award
  • Transforming through Technology
  • Volunteer.

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.

Nominations closed on Friday 24 July 2026.

Previous Winner of Excellence Awards

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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.

The team also manage the annual Excellence Awards scheme, the culmination of which is the prestigious annual Celebrating Success Awards ceremony.

If you are a member of staff seeking internal communications support, please contact Lyn (Lyn.Stirling@ggc.scot.nhs.uk) or Caragh (Caragh.Cheesman@ggc.scot.nhs.uk) who will be happy to help.

We are always keen to receive news from staff, so please get in touch if you have something to share.

Staff News and Updates

Staff Awards

Internal Communications and Employee Engagement Strategy 2022 – 2025

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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

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Core Brief – 17 February 2022 (Daily update, 1.10pm)

Topics in this Core Brief: Excellence Awards 2021; Fluid resistant face mask; Adverse Weather; Information to support the FFN modules; and The Open University Healthcare Support Worker (HCSW) Pathway.

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Core Brief – 16 February 2022 (Daily update 12.40pm)

Topics in this Core Brief: Celebrating Success Event 2021; and NHSGGC staff volunteers needed now.

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Core Brief – 15 February 2022 (Daily update, 4.40pm)

Topics in this Core Brief: Lateral Flow testing – David Dall, Head of Human Resources, South Sector Acute Division; and Active Staff Walking Challenge 2022.

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Core Brief – 14 February 2022 (Daily update, 4.55pm)

Topics in this Core Brief: Dying to Work Charter, Lone Workers – Activate an Amber Alert, Anticipatory Care Planning (ACP) – Standard Operating Procedure, Activestaff and Scottish Ballet partnership and Picturing our NHS – new exhibition to show NHS heroes at work.   

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Core Brief – 11 February 2022 (Chief Executive, 10.25am)

In this issue Jane talks about: COVID cases continue to decline, Clydebank Health and Care Centre opened its doors to the public on Monday, Celebrating Success Staff Awards will be taking place on Wednesday 23 February, Gastroenterology at GRI, received thanks from patient suffering with Crohn’s disease and staff shortlisted for the Digital Leader Award in the eHealth category.

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Core Brief – 10 February 2022 (Message from Jane Grant, Chief Executive, 5.15pm)

In this issue Jane announces the appointment of Angela Wallace as the Board’s new Nurse Director.

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Core Brief – 10 February 2022 (Daily update 2.20pm)

Topics in this Core Brief: Staff COVID-19 testing – West Glasgow; Important Security Message; The Infection Prevention and Control Quality Improvement Network (IPCQIN) newsletter – second issue; and The Milk of Human Kindness – helping premature babies throughout the country.

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Core Brief – 09 February 2022 (Daily update 4.15pm)

Topics in this Core Brief: Educational resources to support ARHAI Winter 21/22; NHSGGC Staff Disability Forum; Important Message which requires action by all staff using Microsoft Teams; and ScotRail update.

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Core Brief – 08 February 2022 (Daily update 4.45pm)

Topics in this Core Brief: Reliance Protect Lone Worker Device – Action required!; New Clydebank Health and Care Centre opens; New Functionality in Near Me – ‘Consult Now’; and Active Staff.

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Core brief – 04 February 2022 (Chief Executive, 5.25pm)

In this issue Jane talks about: COVID cases significantly reduce, opening of Clydebank Health and Care Centre, media coverage about Trans Oral Robotic Surgery, story from the Cleft Team at RHC and six projects nominated in the Digital Health and Care Awards.

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Core Brief – 04 February 2022 (Daily update, 2pm)

Topics in this Core Brief: Enabling family support in outpatient departments and Person centred virtual visiting iPads – Register for NHS Near Me accounts.

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Core Brief – 03 February 2022 (Daily update, 4.30pm)

Topics in this Core Brief: Breaking a lifetime of disadvantage by enhancing engagement of ethnic minorities in health research, Introduction of the dashboard module on Datix, Patient Administration Transformation (PAT) Programme and Glasgow City HSCP – Maximising Independence.

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Core Brief – 02 February 2022 (Daily update 9.30am)

Topics in this Core Brief: Implementation of Hybrid Working: New COVID-19 Treatments – updated guidelines: Patient Administration Transformation (PAT) Programme – Acute Services: New Mandatory eLearning Module and SharePoint site Launch (Week 4 update); Reminder for all users of Reliance Protect Lone Worker Device; and Time to Talk Day – 3 February.

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Core Brief – 31 January 2022 (Daily update 3.10pm)

Topics in this Core Brief: Interfaith Working Group; Malicious activity – Access to IT accounts; Reminder for all users of Reliance Protect Lone Worker Device; Active Staff Yoga; and Travel update.

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Core Brief – 28 January 2022 (Chief Executive, 11.30am)

In this issue, Jane talks about:  COVID cases reducing, every patient can access one visitor every day, positive feedback about our team at the Vale, congratulations to Martin Johnston and Kirsten Allen who picked up awards from Glasgow Caledonian University and finally Angela O’Neill has been appointed as Interim Nurse Director.

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Core Brief – 27 January 2022 (Daily update 2.30pm)

Topics in this Core Brief: Medicines Safety Month; Important Message which requires action by all staff using Microsoft Teams; Don’t Wait campaign; and The RCN Nursing Awards 2022 are open!

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Core Brief – 26 January 2022 (Daily update 3.30pm)

Topics in this Core Brief: Patient Administration Transformation (PAT) Programme: Acute Services – Role Specific Training/Induction (Week 3 update); Fire is Everyone’s Business!; Health and Safety Message – For all users of Reliance Protect Lone Working device – Amber Alert February; and Transport update.

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Core Brief – 24 January 2022 (Daily update 4.55pm)

Topics in this Core Brief: Inpatients to benefit from the support of one visitor from Tuesday 25 January.

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Core Brief – 21 January 2022 (Chief Executive, 10.30am)

In this issue Jane talks about: The number of COVID-19 cases across Scotland continuing to reduce, our smoking cessation services were the best performing compared to all other Scottish Health Boards, shining the spotlight on our pharmacy distribution centre, great feedback regarding ED team at RAH and finally a special thank you to five members of staff who have 50 years service.

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Core Brief – 20 January 2022 (Daily update 3.45pm)

Topics in this Core Brief: Lateral Flow Tests – Expiry Date on Kits; NHS Scotland event 2022 – call for posters now open!; and COVID-19: Key Safety Theme – Monitoring COVID control measures.

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Core Brief – 19 January 2022 (Daily update 4.15pm)

Topics in this Core Brief: Views of Care at End of Life – looking for participants; Updated links for the Administration Career Pathway and Learning Passports; and COVID-19: Key Safety Theme – Manager walkrounds.

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Core Brief – 18 January 2022 (Daily update 3.15pm)

Topics in this Core Brief: Patient Administration Transformation (PAT) Programme – Acute Services: Career Pathway Workstream; Glasgow’s homeless and at risk communities get boosted against COVID; Active Staff survey; and Kingston Bridge Complex.

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Core Brief – 17 January 2022 (Daily update 1.45pm)

Topics in this Core Brief: Health and Safety – Qualitative Face Fit Testing Training (Hood testing); New Functionality in Near Me – ‘Consult Now’; Staff Listening Service – available 9am – 10pm, 7 days a week – 0141 201 1100; and COVID-19 Key Safety Theme – Monitoring COVID control measures.

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Core Brief – 14 January 2022 (Chief Executive, 6.30pm)

In this issue Jane talks about: We continue to experience significant COVID related pressures across all of our health and social care services, once again the number of COVID patients admitted into hospital care within the past 28 days has exceeded 500, Despite these ongoing challenges, our staff continue to show true commitment to our patients and their loved ones. Finally, I am delighted to announce that Denise Brown has been appointed as Interim Director of eHealth with immediate effect. The appointment follows current eHealth Director, William Edwards, being appointed as Jonathan Best’s successor in the position of Chief Operating Officer.

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