LOCAL NHS STAFF GET £175,000 BOOST

MSP Linda Fabiani, has welcomed the announcement of a £175,000 boost for staff projects aimed at improving the health, safety and wellbeing of staff working in NHS Lanarkshire. Overall staff projects in Scotland are set to benefit from funding totalling 1.5 million pounds.

The announcement was made by Minister for Public Health Shona Robison during a speech at the NHSScotland Event in Glasgow last week.

Ms Fabiani welcomed the fact that an allocation of just over £175,000 is set to be invested in projects which address violence and aggression against staff, and health improvement issues.

Ms Fabiani said:

“This is a welcome investment as issues affecting NHS staff are often the last thing we think about when we discuss the NHS but, of course without them there would be no service on offer so, it is important that we remember that their health and their safety is of utmost importance in the delivery of this vital public service”.

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Notes

The projects that will be supported by NHS Lanarkshire are:
• Staff Health Improvement, Personal Development and Lifelong Leaning Initiative;
which will adopt a integrated approach to target harder to reach staff groups with measures, including learning, weight management, smoking cessation etc.

• On-line training access for Prevention & Management of Violence & Aggression Training; which will commission a multi media training package for use by all staff.

A full list of the successful projects can be found at: www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/NHS-Scotland/nhsworkforce/experience/wwchallenge/successfulbids