Blog / News
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Dental practice action - required update for public certificates
There are some changes coming for public certificates for dental practices (renewing ePractitioner verification certificates for patient search) which need to be carried out by practices by 13 October 2020. After this date, if the new certificate has not been installed on local practice management systems, practices will no longer be able to retrieve patient details in response to a patient details request.
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The Year of the Nurse and the Midwife - Sofie French
Throughout 2020 we’re celebrating the ‘Year of the Nurse and Midwife’ – recognising the significance of their varied and integral roles – including high quality care and essential services delivered. This time, we spoke to Sofie French from the Infection Prevention and Control team.
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Speakers announced for upcoming P4H Conference
We're pleased to announce that Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Fair Work, and Culture, Ms Fiona Hyslop, will be opening this year’s online P4H conference (Procurement for Health), taking place on 14 September 2020. The Minister for Trade, Investment, and Innovation, Mr Ivan McKee will also be joining the online event.
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Furthering support for Scottish businesses
NSS National Procurement’s latest order with Dumfriesshire-based Alpha Solway will secure a sustainable Scottish supply of PPE masks and visors until summer 2021.
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Stonehaven train derailment
NHS National Services Scotland, and our Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) colleagues, would like to thank all donors and the public for their support at this difficult time. We would also like to reassure all blood donors that hospitals in Scotland are well supplied with blood.
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New NHS report could transform stoma care for thousands across Scotland
NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) has today (11 August 2020) released the National Stoma Quality Improvement Group (NSQIG) Report. The group was commissioned by the Scottish Executive Nurse Director Group (SEND) and has been endorsed by Scotland's Chief Nursing Officer Fiona McQueen and Chief Pharmaceutical Officer Rose Marie Parr.
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Accelerating technology enabled care during COVID-19
Near Me is a free and confidential web-based technology from Attend Anywhere that helps health and social care providers offer video consulting to people.
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The Year of the Nurse and the Midwife- Anne-Marie Carr
Recognising the amazing job our nurses and midwifes do and coinciding with the ‘Year of the Nurse and the Midwife’, this month we have talked to Anne-Marie Carr, Head of Nursing for Patient Services and Tissues, Cells and Advanced Therapeutics (TCAT), about her experience and how COVID-19 has changed her role.
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NSS sponsors CivTech testing innovation challenge
NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) is sponsoring a CivTech challenge that invites businesses to provide innovative solutions to further accelerate and strengthen Scotland’s testing capability within the Test and Protect programme.
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Supporting COVID-19 testing capacity in Scotland
NSS is supporting partners across NHSScotland in many ways during the current outbreak. View our video on how we’re working with partners to deliver coronavirus (COVID-19) testing capacity to help save lives and protect the health of the people of Scotland.
