Healthcare Improvement Scotland

@HeyLou10979 Hi Lou. Many thanks for your enquiry, and we've sent you a direct message with a reply.

@online_his Does HIS get involved when your local trust has identified that their 3rd party external scanners have catastrophicly mis-reported a patients scan? Or would this be the Ombudsman?

Robert Peel has been appointed as the new Chair of the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC). Rob, a consultant nephrologist, based at the Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, takes over the three-year post from Professor Scott Muir.

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To read our new maternity care standards, click here: healthcareimprovementscotland.scot/publications/m…

We’ve published new maternity care standards that set clear expectations for how maternity care should be delivered in Scotland. They outline the levels of high-quality care and support that women should expect to receive before, during and after birth. Link in the comments.

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We've published an inspection report for maternity services at Victoria Hospital, NHS Fife. Follow the link in the comments to read the report.

Meningitis can develop quickly. It’s important to know the signs and symptoms to look out for and what you should do if you think you or someone you know might have meningitis. Find out more at: nhsinform.scot/meningitis

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@m4ggiesimpson Please note that the clinical community has agreed to move to the National MEWS, first developed in NHS England. We are currently working with NHS Boards to implement this. Please contact his.spsppp@nhs.scot if you would like more information.

@m4ggiesimpson Hi Maggie, here is the link to the current Scottish MEWS: ihub.archive.nhsscotland.net/improvement-pr…

Looking for an online PDF of the Scottish MEWS chart There's a #MEWS SOP on the Right Decisions Service but links to @online_his just redirect to the main page and searching for "MEWS" returns no results Anyone know where to find it?

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We've published our latest joint inspection with the Care Inspectorate. We have carried out a joint inspection of adult services for Dundee Health and Social Care Partnership Link in comments. @CareInspect

To read our recently published advice, visit: shtg.scot/our-advice/

We've published new advice on the use of new and existing health technologies. Our new advice focuses on specialist interventions for adults with chronic pain that is not caused by cancer and has not improved after treatment in primary care. Link in comments to find out more.

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In conjunction with the Mental Welfare Commission, we've published a national overview report following a programme of unannounced visits and inspections to Scotland’s children and young people’s inpatient mental health units (CAMHS). The link to the report is in the comments.

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Our organisation has today warned the public of the dangers of so-called cosmetic tourism. The warning comes as a growing number of people sign up for cosmetic and surgical treatments abroad. Follow the link in the comments to find out more. @SaveFaceUK @BCAM01