Nursing & Midwifery Strategic Plan One Year On
On 10th May 2024 NHS Lothian held its first celebration event for the anniversary of the launch of the Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan. Held in Chancellor’s Building, Little France the day included presentations from:
- Gillian McAuley, Nurse Director Acute – Strategic Plan – One Year On
- Tommy Whitelaw, National Lead for Caring & Outreach, Health & Social Care Alliance Scotland
View this video which captures the event and many of the presenters
There were 36 concurrent session presentations from nurses and midwives from across NHS Lothian, showcasing aspects of their work over the last year that have gone towards meeting the ambitions of the Strategic Plan. These presentations have been organised into the different ambitions that are set out in the Strategic Plan and most are available to view, along with details of the lead presenter.
All Ambitions
Bringing the Strategy to life in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh – Michelle Jack, Associate Nurse Director, RIE
Reinvigorate our Workforce
- Embedding the strategy into community nursing in West Lothian: appraisals, restorative supervision and career conversations – Leanne Grant, Clinical Nurse Manager, Community District Nursing
- Supporting Newly Qualified Nurses in the Older People’s Mental Health Service – Jenny Revel, Clinical Academic Senior Nurse, REAS
- Introducing a coaching model for practice supervision and assessment – Kirsten Hood, Deputy Chief Nurse Clinical Education
- The Soup Stop: creating the opportunity to opportunity to rest, refresh and refuel in Midlothian Community Hospital – Wendy Armitage, Staff Wellbeing Development Lead, Midlothian
- Developing practice learning opportunities in clinical research nursing and midwifery – Ruth Moss, Clinical Research Nurse Manager
- Introduction of education facilitators to medicine, surgery and oncology at the Western General Hospital – Elaine Blair, Clinical Educator, WGH
- Reinvigorating the role of nurses within the community perinatal team – Susan McConachie, Consultant Nurse, Perinatal Mental Health
- Developing a continuing professional development framework for the clinical research nurse workforce in NHS Lothian – Heather McVicars, Clinical Research Nurse Manager, Oncology
People feel Valued, Respected and Supported
- Establishing a cancer nursing newly qualified rotation programme through a Clinical Academic Partnership Group – Emma Childs, Interim Nurse Consultant, Edinburgh Cancer Centre, WGH
- Creating a focus on wellness in Critical Care – Sarah Lewis, Deputy Charge Nurse, Critical Care, RIE
- Focusing on staff well-being in No 11 (Midlothian Mental Health Services) – Louise Healey, Team Manager, Mental Health Services, Midlothian
Deliver Excellence in Safe High Quality Care
- Supporting midwives to support women who wish to birth significantly outside clinical recommendations – Mercedes Perez-Botella, Director of Midwifery
- Establishing shared decision making and quality improvement to inform change in learning disability services – Lisa Graham, Clinical Nurse Manager, Learning Disability Services
- Lothian Care Academy – working together to deliver quality care – Donald Boyd, Programme Manager, Care Home Programme Team
- Working in collaboration to support care homes in Lothian – Maggie Byers-Smith, Lead Nurse, QI & Standards, Care Homes & Primary Care
- Introducing electronic observations: NEWS on Trak – Lorna Turner, Lead Nurse Quality Improvement & Standards, East, Mid and West Lothian HSCP
- Improving patient experience of cannulation when attending for systemic anti-cancer therapy – Heather McVicars, Clinical Research Nurse Manager, Oncology
- PainCheck – QI and the importance of engagement in care homes – Cheryl Henderson, Education and Dementia Co-ordinator, Elder Homes
- Reducing falls in care homes through a falls and frailty clinical education programme – Michelle Watt, Clinical Education Facilitator/Long Term Conditions Team
- Improving pain assessment in a children’s surgical ward – Louise Fegan, Lead Nurse Quality Improvement & Standards
- Childhood Vaccination: Improving accessibility and experiences – Rachael Marples, Clinical Nurse Manager, Community Health Visitor
Maximising the Professional Contribution of Nurses and Midwives
- Enhancing collaborative practice between the NHS and universities through the Clinical and Academic Home Framework – Juliet MacArthur, Chief Nurse Research & Development
- Implementing the Health and Care Staffing Act: ‘moving the deckchairs’ in St John’s Hospital – Mags Cantley, Health and Care Staffing Lead
- Workforce redesign in an inpatient acute setting – Cheryl Dickson, Senior Project Manager, Sustainability & Value Team
- Service reconfiguration: a perfect opportunity to support staff to feel Autonomy, Belonging and Contribution – Gillian Treadwell, Senior Charge Nurse, Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Restructuring the critical care non-registered workforce – Marie Mackinnon, Senior Charge Nurse, Critical Care, RIE
Deliver Excellent Person-centred, Compassionate Care
- The meaning of the Meaningful Activity Team at the Western General Hospital – Antony Bishop, Clinical Nurse Manager, Medicine of the Elderly, WGH
- Addressing unmet needs at St John’s Hospital through the Nursing Strategy – Frances Aitken, Dementia Nurse Specialist, St John’s Hospital
- Developing and implementing the HOPE Spiritual Care Workbook in East Lothian Community Hospital – Graham Hunter, Quality Improvement Service Development Manager, East Lothian Community Hospital
- Establishing a Care Opinion collaboration in Children and Young Peoples Services – Louise Fegan, Lead Nurse Quality Improvement & Standards, RHCYP
- Creating admission information and resources for children and young people accessing inpatient CAMHS services – Alley Speirs, Nurse Consultant, CAMHS
