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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 – 23 March 2023 (Daily update, 2pm)

Topics in this Core Brief:  Changes in how to access telephone interpreting, World Autism Acceptance Week 27 March – 2 April, Clinical Waste Disposal – incorrect segregation of waste, Let’s talk about … Staff Wellbeing Webinars (20 minutes) & Reporting salaries correctly.

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Core Brief – 22 March 2023 (daily update, 11.20am)

Topics in this Core Brief: CISCO-21 Clinical Trial in Long COVID, Stress Awareness Month,  Ramadan & World Down Syndrome Day Winner.

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Core Brief – 21 March 2023 (Daily update, 11.00am)

Topics in this Core Brief: Celebrating and Evidencing how we Involve and Engage Patients and Carers; Realistic Conversations for Clinical Staff – Thursday 23 March 4.00 – 5.00pm; World Down Syndrome Day; and Better Workplace – Ple-eESS update your eESS.

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Core Brief – 20 March 2023 (Daily update, 11.05am)

Topics in this Core Brief: FairWarning – Appropriate Access to Clinical Records; Payroll update; World Oral Health Day; and World Down Syndrome Day – 21 March.

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Core Brief – 17 March 2023 (Message from Jane Grant, Chief Executive, 11.00am)

In this issue Jane talks about: an increase in patients being treated for COVID, two visits from Scottish Government Ministers to our sites, World Delirium Day which took place during the week and feedback received about the ‘Quit Your Way’ service.

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Core Brief – 16 March 2023 (Daily update, 12.10pm)

Topics in this Core Brief: Staff Experience Success Stories: Pharmacy Services; Nutrition and Hydration Week – 13-19 March 2023; Global Recycling Day; World Down Syndrome Day; and Reporting salaries correctly.

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Core Brief – 15 March 2023 (Daily update 2.00pm)

Topics in this Core Brief: Payroll update; World Delirium Awareness Day – 15 March 2023; Young Carers Action Day; and Managed Clinical Network for Diabetes – Save the date.

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Core Brief – 14 March 2023 (Daily update 11.45am)

Topics in this Core Brief: New DWP Advice Service for NHSGGC Hospital Patients; World Delirium Awareness Day – 15 March 2023; and Glasgow Bike Hire scheme – reduced NHSGGC staff rates.

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Core Brief – 13 March 2023 (Daily update 12.30pm)

Topics in this Core Brief: Updated Clinical Guideline Framework; Nutrition and Hydration Week – 13-19 March 2023; and World Down Syndrome Day – 21 March.

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Core Brief – 10 March 2023 (Chief Executive, 2.05pm)

In this issue Jane talks about: Scottish Apprenticeship Week, International Women’s Day, No Smoking Day, Dr Colin McKay, appointed as new Deputy Medical Director, Care Opinion and patient feedback on care at the Larkfield Unit at the IRH.

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Core Brief – 9 March 2023 (Daily update 12.50pm)

Topics in this Core Brief: Active Clinical Notes option on TrakCare; Newly Qualified Nurses and Midwives campaign launch; NHSGGC Protocol for Managing Visits; ‘So your next patient has a learning disability’ animation!; and Reporting salaries correctly.

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Core Brief – 8 March 2023 (Daily update 2.55pm)

Topics in this Core Brief: No Smoking Day; New Social Media support site: GGC Medicines Update; Better Workplace – ple-eESS update your eESS; and Our next Guided Health Walk is available to book now!

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Core Brief – 7 March 2023 (Daily update 12.40pm)

Topics in this Core Brief: Virtual Training sessions for Freestyle Glucose/Ketone meters for Cascade trainers; National Green Theatres Programme; Staff Disability Forum; and New standard font size for all outlook emails.

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Core Brief – 6 March 2023 (Daily update 4.00pm)

Topics in this Core Brief: Scottish Apprenticeship Week – 6-10 March 2023; NHSGGC confirmatory sample rule, previously known as ‘second sample’; Sustainable healthcare in the climate emergency: Join us to find out how we’re responding to the environmental crisis; and All About Money staff support.

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Core Brief – 3 March 2023 (Chief Executive, 2.15pm)

In this edition Jane talks about: Board members & senior leadership team visits across our sites, a slight increase in the number of COVID positive patients, Flow Navigation Centre & the North Sector annual local awards.

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Core Brief – 2 March 2023 (Daily update 4.00pm)

Topics in this Core Brief: Patient Feedback and Involvement Lunchtime Learning Sessions – new dates announced!; Reporting salaries correctly; Home Energy Scotland – free online workshop; and Feel Great with Active Staff!

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Core Brief – 2 March 2023 (Report from the February Board meeting, 9.45am)

Report from the February Board meeting.

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Core Brief – 1 March 2023 (Daily update 12.05pm)

Topics in this Core Brief: Capturing how we Involve and Engage Patients and Carers; Better Workplace – ple-eESS update your eESS; SAMH – Mental Health in the Workplace Webinar – A Guide for Managers (2 hrs); and Glasgow Bike Hire scheme – reduced NHSGGC staff rates.

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Core Brief – 28 February 2023 (Daily update 1.50pm)

Topics in this Core Brief: Adult Disability Payment – DS1500/BASRiS Forms; Leading to Change programme survey; and New standard font size for all outlook emails.

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Core Brief – 27 February 2023 (Daily update, 1pm)

Topics in this Core Brief:

Celebrating Rare Disease Day at the Royal Hospital for Children, Meet your administration colleagues & Annual Leave carry forward             

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Core Brief – 24 February 2023 (Chief Executive, 9am)

In this issue Jane talks about: Our first organisation-wide Internal Communications and Employee Engagement Strategy, the organ donor team at the Royal Hospital for Children had a couple of milestones to celebrate this month, QEUH highlighted in red to help raise awareness of encephalitis, delegation from France visited us as part of a leadership development programme & patient feedback on care provided at the RAH.

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Core Brief – 23 February 2023 (Daily update 12.45pm)

Topics in this Core Brief: How much do you know about Anticipatory Care Planning?; Improvements to Immediate Discharge Letters (IDL) – Capability to Import Discharge Medicines from HEPMA Into Clinical Portal IDL – Now available for use; Switch to NRFit connectors; and Reporting Salaries Correctly.

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Core Brief – 22 February 2023 (Daily update 12.30pm)

Topics in this Core Brief: Virtual Training sessions for Freestyle Glucose/Ketone meters for Cascade trainers; Improvements to Immediate Discharge Letters (IDL) – Capability to Import Discharge Medicines from HEPMA into Clinical Portal IDL; Better Workplace – ple-eESS update your eESS; and Let’s talk about… Staff Wellbeing Webinars (20 minutes).

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Core Brief – 21 February 2023 (Daily update 2.45pm)

Topics in this Core Brief: National Mental Health Nurses’ Day – 21 February 2023; New standard font size for all outlook emails; and BME Staff Network meeting.