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19|10|2011
Sturgeon wants direct care role for pharmacists
A review is launched into how pharmacists can be given a more active role in helping patients receive treatment
03|10|2011
Learning Session 8
Learning Session 8 was attended by over 1000 delegates over the 2 days. Presentations from the event are now available
06|07|2011
Scottish hospital infection rates continue to fall
Rates of infection from MRSA and C. difficile in Scottish hospitals have continued to fall.
24|06|2011
Paediatric Learning Session
Presentations from the SPSPP Learning Session at Merchants Hall on Friday 24 June 2011
06|04|2011
Hospital once branded ‘dirty’ shows amazing turnaround
A Moray hospital identified as one of a “dirty dozen” last year has not recorded a single case of MRSA or clostridium difficile in the past three months.
28|03|2011
Patient Safety First 2008 - 2010 - The campaign review
Patient Safety First was an ambitious venture with relatively modest resources, ensuring creative approaches to engaging huge numbers of NHS staff, harnessing tools still new to many parts of the NHS, such as virtual teams, online communities and webinars
28|03|2011
Quality Improvement and Health Care Education
Focusing on exploring the ways in which the NHSS and educational institutions can develop learning opportunities and resources which can support the ambitions outlined in the NHSScotland Quality Strategy.
14|03|2011
Hospital infections report
Huge progress has been made in tackling hospital infections in the past three years - but there's still more that can, and must, be done.
28|02|2011
Crosshouse Hospital reports 18% drop in mortality rates
An East Ayrshire hospital which had a higher than average patient death rate has shown an 18% drop in mortality after new procedures were brought in.
07|02|2011
Hospital trials open the way to end scourge of bed-sore deaths
Bed sores linked to the deaths of hundreds of hospital patients in Scotland could be prevented with new measures which have wiped out the problem in trials. By Lyndsay Moss Health Correspondent The Scotsman