Staff

This issue of Core Brief includes: A summary of the NHSGGC Board Meeting held on Thursday 18 December.

Topics in this Core Brief include: Workforce Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Bulletin.

Topics in this Core Brief include: Message from NHSGGC HEPMA team and Antimicrobial Team; GGC Medicines Update; and QI Network Event Wednesday 10 December 2025 – round up.

Topics in this Core Brief include: New Copilot features; NHSGGC Flexible Working Statement; Disability History Month: Thank you and what’s next; and Nearly 1,000 NHS staff sign up to menopause pilot.

Topics in this Core Brief include: The Big Conversation: Priority 2 – Professional Practice; Listening to our patients; NHSGGC Bin survey; and RAH – Vale of Leven shuttle bus.

This issue of Core Brief includes: an update on Hackathon 4 as the programme continues to co-design the future for NHSGGC.

Topics in this Core Brief include: Message from NHSGGC HEPMA team and Antimicrobial Team; Cyber Crime: Recognising the signs; and Quit for Christmas 2025.

Topics in this Core Brief include: Introducing the Updated Clinical Quality Publication Framework and Toolkit; and Quality Strategy Newsletter.

This message is a thank you from William Edwards, Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer, following the System Reset.

Topics in this Core Brief include:
• Risk Management Q&A: Chief Risk Officer Katrina Heenan tackles five common misconceptions
• Staff Governance Standard: Provided with a Continuously Improving and Safe Working Environment
• M8, Hillington Interchange, Major Bridge Refurbishment – Festive period restrictions

Topics in this Core Brief include: Looking after yourself and others – New sessions for 2026; Are you a member of staff who is Deaf or a BSL user?; and Staff Spotlight: Maria Flynn’s Journey with Access to Work.

Topics in this Core Brief include: Parkhead Hub Officially Opens as Scotland’s Largest Integrated Health and Social Care Facility; Disability History Month – A message from our Employee Director Ann Cameron-Burns; Festive Pay Dates; and Public transport festive service levels 2025/26.

Topics in this Core Brief include: FRSMs (Fluid Resistant Surgical Masks) update; Why are Personal Development Planning and Review (PDP&R) conversations so important? Hear from Vice Chair David Gould; and Day 13 of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence.

In this edition of the Interface update, we dive into new patient pathways launched in the Flow Navigation Centre Plus (FNC+Plus), continue our recruitment drive, and welcome new members to the team.

Topics in this Core Brief include: Important information – universal use of masks in NHSGGC.

Topics in this Core Brief include: Influenza: Important Staff Information

Topics in this Core Brief include: Interpreting Support Provision; Be the Support That Makes a Difference – New Peer Support Training Dates 2026!; Care Home Collaborative – December newsletter.

Topics in this Core Brief include: Reduced Working Week (AfC): Updated resources to support contingency planning for 1 April 2026; Acute Non-Routine Referral Pathway – TrakCare; If something isn’t right, talk to us; New functionality launches as part of Copilot AI tool for work; and How one simple adjustment transformed my working life.

Topics in this Core Brief include:
• Board urges staff to have their annual Personal Development Planning and Review (PDP&R) conversations
• GGC Medicines Update
• Let’s Talk Practice Education! Restorative Clinical Supervision
• Let’s talk about… wellbeing webinar: Changing Habits for the Better

Topics in this Core Brief include:
• Change to staff flu vaccination date
• Colleagues focus on Quality Strategy at Mini Accelerated Design Event
• Active Staff update: new classes available and more coming soon
• Are you a member of staff who is Deaf or a BSL user? We need your input
• Your Voice Matters: Staff Experience Action Plan Progress
• Fellowship Programme and Crisis Negotiations for Quality Improvers Event (10 December)
• Day 4 of 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence

This Core Brief features a message from William Edwards, Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer thanking staff for your support and commitment for the System Reset which has been running since 20^th November, and announcing its extension to 8 December.

Last week, Professor Jann Gardner, Chief Executive, and Mr William Edwards, Deputy Chief Executive, visited the Virtual Hospital/FNC+Plus, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) and the Royal Hospital for Children (RHC). Their aim was to engage directly with clinical and laboratory colleagues, explore the latest advances in patient care, and discuss how NHSGGC is shaping the future of healthcare through innovation, integration, and a commitment to continuous improvement.

Topics in this Core Brief include: Festive Pay Dates; NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde: Public Holidays 2026/27; Care Home Winter Readiness Pack 25/26; and IMAGINE a shift where every colleague feels safe.

At last week’s Hackathon, Director of Interface Lorraine Cowie spoke about how new digital pathways will be transformative for NHSGGC and our HSCPs.

These new pathways will ensure that we can provide the right care to patients, in the right place, at the right time.