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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Topics in this Core Brief include:
- International Self-Care Day – the simple things and staff benefits that can help you
- Financial Support When You Need It Most: The Staff Hardship Fund is Here to Help
- Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion training for managers
Topics in this Core Brief include:
- Guidance and support for colleagues regarding immigration protests in Glasgow
- SHaW Task Calendar – Adding Users and Merging Cost centres
- Recruitment for the Scottish Improvement Leader (ScIL) programme
- Staff Health and Wellbeing Survey 2025 – coming soon
Topics in this Core Brief include:
- Hear from healthcare chaplain colleagues on Spiritual Care Day – Wednesday 23 July
- New legal resources hub on Staffnet
- Scottish Government thanks NHSGGC workers for flu vaccination work
Topics in this Core Brief:
- LGBTQ+ Staff Forum marches at Pride
- Nominate now for the Scottish Health Awards 2025
- South Asian Heritage Month has started: celebrating “Roots to Routes”
Topics in this Core Brief include:
- Workforce Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Bulletin
Topics in this Core Brief:
- Violence Reduction and Cut it Out
- New leaflet for patients: reducing the risk of blood clots after discharge from hospital
- NHSGGC Protocol for managing visits
Topics in this Core Brief include:
• Peer Support training – upcoming dates
• Celebrate NHSGGC’s first Spiritual Care Day on Wednesday 23 July
• International Nurses: Register for NMC Welcome to the UK workshops
Topics in this Core Brief:
- Self-care month: how yoga tools and techniques can improve your wellbeing and mindset
- Staff security reminder: ID and suspicious items
- Recruitment for the Scottish Improvement Leader (ScIL) programme
Topics in this Core Brief:
• Let’s talk about… The art of self-care: how to prioritise you
• Recruitment scam warning – NHSGGC and Beatson Cancer Charity
• SHaW Task Calendar – Work Related Violence and Aggression
Topics in this Core Brief include:
- Listening to our patients
- Scottish Health Awards 2025
- Warm weather guidance for staff this weekend
Topics in this Core Brief: New Interface Chief of Medicine appointed; Ensuring zero tolerance to sexual harassment – what you can do; and Looking after yourself and others sessions.
This Core Brief details Dr Lesley Thomson KC, Chair of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC), and Board Member Libby Cairns’ visit to the New Victoria Hospital.
Topics in this Core Brief include: Safe Information Handling and Training; What impact does rudeness have on us at work?; and Alcohol Awareness Week 2025.
Topics in this Core Brief include: Staff Health Strategy update.
This Core Brief celebrates estates and facilities colleagues following the Chief Executive Professor Jann Gardner and Deputy Chief Executive William Edwards’ visit to Gartnavel Hospital Campus.
Topics in this Core Brief:
- Civility Saves Lives – Online Champions Training
- Become a Peer Champion for Vaccination!
- GGC Medicines Update
Topics in this Core Brief: Chief Nurse for Interface appointed; In-patient Post Falls Medical Review; Scottish Health Awards 2025; and Green 14 communing challenge.
Topics in this Core Brief include: Dr Lesley Thomson KC and Professor Jann Gardner visit Friends of GRI.
Topics in this Core Brief include: Putting positivity into patient care – celebrating the fantastic ED and MAU teamwork at the IRH; Changes to Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme – ongoing compliance; iMatter 2025 – Get together with your team to agree your team action plan; and West of Scotland Adaptive Leadership Programme: A resounding success.
This issue of Core Brief includes a summary from the Board Meeting held on Tuesday 24 June 2025.
Topics in this Core Brief: Pay award update; New NHSGGC Point of Care Testing SharePoint site; and Armed Forces Week 2025: West Region Armed Forces Event.
Topics in this Core Brief include: Chief Executive launches new Staffnet hub to celebrate staff stories and hear from colleagues; and NHSGGC Interim Policy and Procedure for Managing Significant Adverse Events.
Topics in this Core Brief include: Thank you to our armed forces community – marking Armed Forces Day.
Topics in this Core Brief: Changes to Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme – 4 days remaining.