1. Welcome to NHS Highland!
Pat Tyrrell, Deputy Director of Nursing, NHS Highland
Stephen Loch, Senior Nurse for Education and Training.
NHS Highland

2. Geography

3. NHS Highland Population and workforce
Population; 232,000 (870,000 sheep in 2013)
Land mass; 12,000 square miles (40% of Scotland) same size as Belgium
Workforce information; 10,000 staff (6,000 Nurses, Midwives, Allied Health Professionals) 50% of staff
4 District General Hospitals – Inverness, Wick, Fort William and Oban
15 Community Hospitals

4. Highland Health – Health and well being profiles
Adults
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Children

5. The Highland Quality Approach Our Strategic Framework (based on Virginia Mason Model)

8. NHSH Workforce report 14/15
“NHS Highland’s workforce age profile reveals an ageing workforce with the majority of
staff in the age group, closely preceded by age group and age group
This will have significant impact for NHS Highland in the coming years as the workforce ages and retires”

9. Health care settings
General Hospital, Community Hospital, GP Practices and peoples homes

10. Integrated Hospital / Community structures
Highland first Board in Scotland to integrate Health and Social care (NHSH lead Adult care & Highland Council lead Children's care)
Integrated HSCP’s will be law in Scotland by April 2016
“Operational units” and A&B HSCP
Health and Social Care Community teams
Integrated Team Leaders / co-located teams (Inverness East example)

12. Benefits of working in Highland
Large area but small population
Focus on quality improvement
People work well together, hard working
Beautiful place to work
Generally friendly and welcoming
Integration of health and social care
Close partnership working with Highland Campus / UWS / UHI

13. Challenges of working in Highland
Rural nature of area – 7 hours to drive from Wick to Campbelltown
Services not always best organised for patients
Reducing population of rural areas
Use of technology, tele - health care
Shifting the balance of care to community
Aging workforce, recruitment and retention of staff
Financial constraints

17. Education & Partnership working
Clinicians contribute to teaching on pre-registration students for adult and mental health nursing
Around 150 students each year requiring placements in clinical areas in NHSH
Collaborate with Universities in many areas around post-registration training / research
Close working to mutual benefit of both NHSH and Universities

18. We hope you enjoy your time here… Any questions
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