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.
Advice on PPE, updated FAQs and risk assessment, use of social media, HMRC tax scam alert.
New SG national guidance for staff and managers, testing of household contacts with symptoms of COVID-19,clinical guideline directory.
Updated guidance for health workers with underlying health conditions, reassignment of staff, updated clinical FAQs, point of care testing.
Guidance on PPE, mental health assessment units, accelerated recruitment portal for emergency registrants, British sign language interpreters, immigration provisions.
COVID-19 FAQs update, uniforms, message from Jane Grant, Chief Executive and Dorothy McErlean, Employee Director, Office 365 Teams is coming.
This issue provides a personal message from Jennifer Armstrong, Medical Director.
This issue brings you a personal message from Professor John Brown CBE, Chairman.
Blood glucose meters and point of care testing, changes to physiotherapy and podiatry services, social media, social distancing.
This issue brings you messages from NES and Activestaff.
Visiting now suspended, death certification, infection control guidance on screening for patients, health and social care COVID-19 update.
Barr Street address, non clinical staff, social distancing and working from home, ongoing recruitment, overtime payments, new COVID-19 patient pathway, GRI car parking charges.
Last night’s announcements by the Prime Minister and the First Minister place even greater restrictions on our lives. As you will all know, we are now being instructed to restrict our movements including limiting ourselves to essential travel to and from work and to working at home when possible.
Message from Jane Grant, Chief Executive: As the numbers being treated within our health and care settings begin to rise, some staff have been asking about whether you should remain at work if you have been in contact with a positive or symptomatic patient. Thanks to Public Health teams.
Updated guidance for over 70s, updated guidance from Infectious Diseases, message from Linda de Caestecker on measure being taken to protect and safeguard staff and patients, conference facilities for virtual meetings, reassignment of staff.
Guidance for healthcare workers with underlying health conditions and pregnant workers
New dedicated pages have now been added for dentists, optometrists and pharmacists. We also share information on car parking, Attend Anywhere and we respond to questions from staff.
Update on visiting arrangements, process for ordering supplies for primary, community and acute services, medical supplies.
New arrangements for triage and assessment of community cases and thanks to primary care staff, community and acute services, administration, eHealth and estates teams.
Advice for healthcare workers following UK and SG announcements, patient pathways, update information on PPE.
Following yesterday’s announcement by the UK and Scottish Governments, we are awaiting updated guidance on how this affects healthcare workers.
I want to thank everyone for working hard under these trying circumstances, operational and tactical groups set up, plans to scale down and re-phase non urgent care, monitoring stocks of PPE, email for any enquiries.
Updated info on PPE, study leave and training.
Information on PPE, self isolation, advice for pregnant workers, advice for immunosuppressed workers, clinical guidance available on StaffNet.
Restricted visiting to combat COVID-19 now in place. As part of contingency planning to manage the COVID-19 outbreak, the following restrictions are now in place for visitors.