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 – 30 March 2026 (Daily update, 4.40pm)
Topics in this Core Brief:
Workforce Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Bulletin
Core Brief – 31 March 2026 (Daily update, 12.10pm)
Topics in this Core Brief:
• NHSGGC achieves Equally Safe at Work (ESaW) Bronze Award, a first for an NHS Board in Scotland
• Opt-out testing for blood borne viruses at GRI Emergency Department
• Do you need advice or support to carry out patient or public feedback, or engagement activities?
• New look NHSGGC core statutory and mandatory modules on LearnPro: Once for Scotland modules have arrived
• Week 1 of Catch your Breath Sessions – part of Stress Awareness Month
Topics in this Core Brief:
• Reduced Working Week – 2 days to go!
• HR Support and Advice Unit temporary line closure
• Reminder – Workforce Systems downtime, including ePayroll, SSTS and ePayslips
• Turas Appraisal downtime – 1 April
• Copilot Standard Training – more sessions available this week
• NHSGGC Grand Round – Stress Awareness: Practical Tools for Looking After Yourself and Others
• GP Walk-in Centre Recruitment Opportunities in Cardonald
In this Core Brief, we share staff stories from recent visits across the Board:
• Celebrating NHSGGC’s unsung heroes at the Central Decontamination Unit
• Spring has sprung at Horatio’s Garden at the Queen Elizabeth National Spinal Injuries Unit
• Patient centred work at the Royal Alexandra Hospital showcased to Non-Executive Board Members
In this edition of the Interface update, you’ll find:
• Colleagues give us a peek behind the scenes at the FNC+Plus
• Sign up for another chance to Ask Us Anything
• Checking in on the paediatric pilot at the FNC+Plus
• Local children help bring NHSGGC patient flow to life
• We welcome two new clinical directors to the team
• Opportunity to join the team
Core Brief – 25 March 2026 (Daily update, 11.11am)
Topics in this Core Brief:• Catch Your Breath – Stress Awareness Month – April 2026
• Turas Appraisal – Important update on Account Reset requirements for new staff
• Workforce Systems downtime
Core Brief – 24 March 2025 (Daily update, 11.30am)
Topics in this Core Brief:
• eESS Downtime
• Active Staff Spring 2026 Walking Challenge – Registration Open
• Endometriosis Awareness Month – find out more about the condition affecting one in ten women in Scotland and visit the stall today
• Introduction to Copilot Standard for NHSGGC staff
• iMatter in Action: Celebrating team progress across NHSGGC
Topics in this Core Brief include:
• Celebrating our nurses and midwives as we mark the first year of Leading the Way
• Reminder: GGC Resident Doctor Wellbeing Day this Wednesday
• Reduced Working Week – 9 days to go!
• My PDP&R – Making the Most of the PDP&R Process
• A new look for NHSGGC core statutory and mandatory modules on LearnPro: Once for Scotland modules
Topics in this Core Brief include:
• Who will you choose? Learn the stories behind the names for the new home of the FNC+Plus and Virtual Hospital
• The Patient Experience Public Involvement Team – Bitesize Videos Focus Groups
• Drive a new electric or hybrid car with our Salary Sacrifice Car Benefit Scheme
Topics in this Core Brief include: NHSGGC earns national recognition for advancing gender equality in the workplace; Reduced Working Week – 13 days to go!; and Training opportunity in British Sign Language (BSL).
Core Brief – 17 March 2026 (Daily update, 12.15pm)
Topics in this Core Brief include: Update to Retail Catering Prices – From 1 April 2026; Tell us about your Engagement and Involvement work — Overview Report 2025/26; Public Protection Service: New training sessions; and NHSGGC Spiritual Care: First Annual Report 2024-25.
Topics in this Core Brief include: Upcoming Disclosure Scotland changes; PDP&R – Turas Appraisal System Downtime; The NHSGGC Staff Bursary – now live; Supporting staff with time to attend health appointments; and Meet the Patient Experience Public Involvement Team.
Topics in this Core Brief include: Message from the Scottish Government in relation to the recent developments in the Middle East; Get your flu vaccine before the winter programme ends; Reduced Working Week – 20 days to go!; Publication of Polypharmacy Guidance: appropriate prescribing, making medicines safe, effective and sustainable 2026–2029; and Once for Scotland Phase 2.2 Awareness Sessions – Follow up.
In this edition of the Interface update, you’ll find:
• Dive into the data: Virtual Hospital and FNC+Plus
• NHS24 Paediatric Pilot goes live in the Flow Navigation Centre Plus (FNC+Plus)
• Re-name the new home for the Virtual Hospital and FNC+Plus – have your say!
• Pathway Spotlight: Call Before You Convey
• ICYMI: Ask Us Anything responses
Topics in this Core Brief include: Let’s talk about… Tired? Understanding and improving your sleep; Invitation: Virtual Group Consultation for Menopause; Training opportunity – Introduction to Health Literacy – 27 April 2026; World Delirium Awareness Day 2026 is here! and Support for staff who smoke.
Topics in this Core Brief include: Listening to our patients; Stand up against Hate Crime; Have your say on Scottish Government social survey data! and Union Street fire.
Topics in this Core Brief include: Have your say: Help us name the new home for the FNC+Plus and Virtual Hospital; Information Governance and Data Protection Training; Become a Peer Supporter – 2026 Peer Support Training dates; and GGC Medicines Update.
Topics in this Core Brief include:
• Supporting Staff Health and Wellbeing
• Supporting Patient Experience and Involvement: Resources for staff
• Patient Engagement and Public Involvement – Lunchtime Learning Sessions now LIVE!
• International Women’s Day 2026 – ‘Give To Gain’
Topics in this Core Brief include: FOI Guidance Portal on SharePoint; Healthcare Support Worker routes to Pre-Registration Nursing Programme (PRNP) – Applications now open; New e-learning available: GGC: 362 Promoting Attendance; Scottish Quality and Safety Fellowship **APPLICATION CLOSING DATE – Friday 20 March 2026 by 5.00pm**; and Care Home Collaborative – March newsletter.
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