{"id":2481,"date":"2025-02-10T10:11:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T10:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/nursingandmidwifery\/?page_id=2481"},"modified":"2026-01-09T14:15:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T14:15:50","slug":"stay-and-grow-conversations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/nursingandmidwifery\/stay-and-grow-conversations\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay and Grow Conversations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u200bNHS Lothian\u2019s Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan 2023-2028<\/a> sets out a clear intention to \u201cReinvigorate our workforce\u201d and one of our initiatives to support this is by offering staff a ‘Stay and Grow’ conversations as a way of helping individuals to think about and plan for opportunities for their own leadership development, possible academic development and to consider ways to achieve a fulfilling career pathway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A ‘Stay and Grow’ conversation is a guided conversation with a colleague that leads to an individual developing a plan of action for the next steps in their career development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here’s what some of our staff have said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n