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Core Brief

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.

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Core Brief

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Core Brief – 6 October 2025 (Daily update, 11.00am)

Topics in this Core Brief include: Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 (HCSSA); Encourage patients to engage with BRAN; and Looking after yourself and others.

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Core Brief – 3 October 2025 (Daily update, 3.25pm)

Topics in this Core Brief include: Speak Up Week 2025 – Listen, Act, Build Trust; Support for staff affected by national and international events; Six Week Kindness Challenge: Week 1 – Recognise and celebrate your colleagues; Better patient conversations = better patient outcomes; Global Diversity Awareness Month – resources and training for cultural awareness; and SPT ZoneCard prices reduced.

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Core Brief – 3 October 2025 (Daily update, 10.28am)

Topics in this Core Brief include: Weather Warnings – Storm Amy.

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Core Brief – 2 October 2025 (Daily update, 3.35pm)

Topics in this Core Brief include: Thank you for making staff flu vaccination week a success; Pharmacy Department – new Helpdesk arrangements; Keep medicines secure at all times; Speak Up Week 2025 – Listen, Act, Build Trust; and BME Leadership Programme 2025 – Our Graduates.

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Core Brief – 2 October 2025 (Daily update, 10.30am)

Topics in this Core Brief include: Colleagues at Clyde sector sites share patient flow innovations on recent Board member visits.

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Core Brief – 1 October 2025 (Daily update, 1.00pm)

Topics in this Core Brief include: Equipment Theft or Loss; NHSGGC AHP Staff Census; NHSGGC Achieves Disability Confident Leader Status; Speak Up Week 2025 – Listen, Act, Build Trust; and Hate Crime Awareness Week 11-18 October – Staff training opportunity.

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Core Brief – 30 September 2025 (Daily update, 4.00pm)

Topics in this Core Brief include: Speak Up Week 2025 – Listen, Act, Build Trust; Procurement Department – new Helpdesk arrangements; and NHSGGC AHP Education Fund now open.

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Core Brief – 30 September 2025 (Message from Professor Jann Gardner, Chief Executive, 2.05pm)

In this edition of Core Brief Jann gives a Staff Shoutout to Care Opinion heroes.

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Core Brief – 26 September 2025 (Message from Professor Jann Gardner, Chief Executive, 4.05pm)

Message from Professor Jann Gardner, Chief Executive

Innovation in action with ECG patch monitor technology – Neil Gray visit to QEUH

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Core Brief – 26 September 2025 (Daily update, 10:40am)

Topics in this Core Brief include:
• Staff Flu Vaccination Week – last few days!
• Get ready for World Kindness Day on 13 November 2025!
• Climate Week 2025: 29 September – 5 October

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Core Brief – 25 September 2025 (Daily update, 1.55pm)

Topics in this Core Brief include: Procurement Department – new Helpdesk arrangements; QI Network September 2025 Event Recordings and Resources; and Important notice: Staffnet Legacy – Page Owners and Editors.

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Core Brief – 24 September 2025 (Daily update, 2.45pm)

Topics in this Core Brief include: Reminder – It’s Staff Flu Vaccination Week!; Staff Governance Standard: Appropriately Trained and Developed; and Support for staff affected by international events.

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Core Brief – 23 September 2025 (Daily update, 12.50pm)

Topics in this Core Brief include: NHS Scotland annual leave policy for agenda for change staff – public holiday updates; We want to hear from all our nurses and midwives – Join the Big Conversation – by answering three leadership questions today; and Confidential Contacts.

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Core Brief – Daily update (22 September 2025, 10:10am)

Topics in this Core Brief include:
• It’s Staff Vaccination Week! Check the times and vaccination locations
• Keep medicines secure at all times
• Radiation Safety

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Core Brief – 19 September 2025 (Daily update, 9.15am)

Topics in this Core Brief include:
• You’re Invited: ICON Official Launch Presentation
• Let’s talk about… webinar: Breaking the Silence on Suicide Prevention
• Organ Donation Week: Shining a light on the need for more ethnic minority donors

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Core Brief – 18 September 2025 (Daily update, 3.10pm)

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

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Core Brief – 17 September 2025 (Daily update, 4.15pm)

Topics in this Core Brief include: Infection Prevention and Control: Cleaning near patient equipment; and Looking after yourself and others – session 25 September.

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Core Brief – 17 September 2025 (Daily update, 9.00am)

Topics in this Core Brief include: Starting Monday – Staff Vaccination Week.

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Core Brief – 16 September 2025 (Message from Professor Jann Gardner, Chief Executive, 11.30am)

This message from Professor Jann Gardner, Chief Executive, details recent Care Opinion stories celebrating staff.

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Core Brief – 15 September 2025 (Daily update, 10.30am)

Topics in this Core Brief include: Civility Saves Lives – Online Champions Training; eESS Team (NHSGGC) – Contact details; and Important notice: Staffnet Legacy – Page Owners and Editors.

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Core Brief – 12 September 2025 (Message from Professor Jann Gardner, Chief Executive, 1.00pm)

This Core Brief features a message from Professor Jann Gardner, Chief Executive, as she reflects on this year’s Annual Review and plans for NHSGGC’s next chapter.

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Core Brief – 11 September 2025 (Daily update, 1.50pm)

Topics in this Core Brief include: Speak Up Week 2025; GGC Medicines update; and Care Home Collaborative – September newsletter.

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Core Brief – 10 September 2025 (Daily update, 10.45am)

Topics in this Core Brief include: Kindness and civility at work – have your say in two minutes; Suicide Prevention Awareness Week; Peer Support Training – upcoming dates; and PAT Conference 2026 Poster Submission.

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Core Brief – 9 September 2025 (Daily update, 11.10am)

Topics in this Core Brief include: Launch of NHS Scotland gender-based violence policy; Staff Wi-Fi; and Guided Health Walk – Saturday 20 September 2025 9.30am.