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We’ve published an inspection report for University Hospital Wishaw, NHS Lanarkshire. It’s the latest of our Safe Delivery of Care inspections of mental health services.

Link is in the comments to read the report.

We’ve published our latest inspection report for University Hospital Monklands, NHS Lanarkshire.

Link is in the comments to read the report.

You're invited to observe our Board meeting.

Would you like to see how our Board makes decisions that shape our work? If so, come along to our next Board meeting.

🗓 Monday 29 June 2026
🕥 10:30am
📍 Delta House or join us online via MS Teams

Board meeting papers will be available on our website in advance.

If you’d like to observe the meeting and gain insight into our Board’s discussions and decision making, email [email protected] to register your interest.

We look forward to welcoming you.

Cohort three of our Improving Access to Planned Care programme is now live and accepting applications.

Developed by our Shifting the Balance of Care portfolio, the programme will support NHS boards across Scotland to reduce waiting times. The programme will use an improvement sprint approach over a 20-week period to rapidly assess, identify and implement changes to tackle the current issues that have led to waiting times of 40 weeks or more.

The programme is open to all planned care services, excluding ophthalmology, orthopaedics and mental health services.

Senior Improvement Advisor Leanne Marshall-Wood said: “We are keen to raise awareness of the programme across the services and would ask that anyone who has connections with planned care services to share the details through their networks”.

Applications will close at 8pm on Tuesday 30 June.

For further details or to register your interest in the programme, please email [email protected]

We’re recruiting: Chair of the Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group (SAPG)

Do you have the expertise and influence to help shape antimicrobial stewardship across NHSScotland?

We are seeking an outstanding senior medical practitioner with an infection specialist background to take on the role of Chair of the Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group.
8 hours / 2 sessions per week (0.2 WTE)
Edinburgh or Glasgow (hybrid)
Secondment until 30 June 2029

This nationally influential role offers the chance to:
• Provide strategic and clinical leadership on antimicrobial stewardship
• Influence national policy and practice
• Work with multidisciplinary partners across Scotland and beyond
Closing date: Midnight, 29 April 2026
Link in comments to find out more and apply.

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.

We’ve published new maternity care standards that set clear expectations for how maternity care should be delivered in Scotland.

The standards aim to promote consistency and improve the quality of maternity services across the country. They set out a blueprint for what good maternity care looks like and detail the levels of high-quality care and support that all women should expect to receive before, during and after birth.

To read our new maternity care standards, click the link in the comments.

RNIB Scotland The Royal College of Midwives Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists RCOG Scottish Ambulance Service

We've published an inspection report for maternity services at Victoria Hospital, NHS Fife.

Follow the link in the comments to read the report.

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