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Clinical governance
Project NameType
3rd National Clinical Governance Conference Clinical governance
Area Clinical Forum Chairs Group for Scotland Clinical governance
Chief Professional Officers Quality Improvement Group Clinical governance
Coordinating the suicide review network Clinical governance
Developing clinical governance and risk management knowledge and skills Clinical governance
Developing endoscopy reporting Clinical governance
Developing risk matrices Clinical governance
Disseminating NPSA information Clinical governance
Following-up Quality Improvement Notes feedback Clinical governance
Improving the suicide incident reporting system Clinical governance
Maintaining learning to improve, an online knowledge resource Clinical governance
Supporting datasets and definitions Clinical governance
Supporting the clinical governance risk management network Clinical governance
Supporting the liaison coordinators network Clinical governance
Supporting the non-executive network Clinical governance
The Accountable Officers’ Network Clinical governance
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Guidance (SIGN)
Project NameType
Developing and updating our SIGN guidance Guidance (SIGN)
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Health service research
Project NameType
Audit Cardiac Rehabilitation in Scotland Health service research
Auditing Acute Coronary Syndrome care in Scotland Health service research
Auditing Coronary Heart Disease services (Artrial Fibrillation) Health service research
Clinical Data (for Quality Improvement Advisory Group (NCDAG) Health service research
Confidential enquiry into maternal health (CEMD) (Phase 2) Health service research
Considering the provision of information to patients with long term conditions Health service research
Contributing to NICE guidance Health service research
Developing Clinical Indicators for Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) Health service research
Developing a reproductive health improvement programme Health service research
Health Technology Assessment (HTA): For which indications is topical negative pressure clinically an Health service research
Helping NHS boards use surgical profiles (safe and effective care) Health service research
Identifying the information needs of people with dementia and their carers Health service research
Implementing MRSA screening recommendations Health service research
Is self-monitoring of oral anticoagulation therapy safe, efficacious and cost-effective? Health service research
National Audit Programme for Coronary Heart Disease Health service research
National Audit of Heart Failure Management Health service research
National Physiotherapy Low Back Pain Audit - Improving Back care in Scotland Health service research
SIGN communication with patients Health service research
SSBIDS Health service research
Scottish Health Technologies Group (SHTG) Health service research
Sharing NICE intervention procedures Health service research
The use of routine data sources to monitor outcomes of children of vulnerable mothers Health service research
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Implementation support
Project NameType
Advising on ankle foot orthosis for stroke patients Implementation support
Building a practice development framework Implementation support
Completing phase 1 of the tissue viability programme Implementation support
Developing the mental health database (phase 2) Implementation support
Developing vulnerable families pathways Implementation support
Holding the NMAHP PDU network event Implementation support
Hosting the Allied Health Professional networks Implementation support
Hosting the dietetics network Implementation support
Hosting the midwifery practice development network Implementation support
Hosting the orthoptics network Implementation support
Hosting the podiatry network Implementation support
Hosting the prosthetics and orthotics network Implementation support
Hosting the radiography (diagnostic) network Implementation support
Hosting the speech and language therapy network Implementation support
Implementing phase 2 of the tissue viability programme Implementation support
Implementing practice development for Dysphagia Implementation support
Infection Improvement and Implementation Programme (iiip) Implementation support
Integrated Programme for Improving Nutritional Care for Patients in NHS Scotland Implementation support
Joanna Briggs Institute Project Implementation support
Reviewing our Pain Management in Patients with Cancer Best Practice Statement Implementation support
Reviewing our home oxygen (children) Best Practice Statement Implementation support
SWHMR - leading implementation Implementation support
Supporting a community of practice for falls Implementation support
Supporting best practice in stroke care Implementation support
Supporting the arts therapies network Implementation support
Supporting the gerontology network Implementation support
Supporting the occupational therapy network Implementation support
Supporting the physiotherapy network Implementation support
Supporting the practice development for nurses network Implementation support
Supporting the remote and rural advisory network Implementation support
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Patient safety
Project NameType
Scottish Patient Safety Programme (SPSP) Patient safety
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Performance assessment
Project NameType
Assessing depression with Aberdeen University Performance assessment
Assessing use of GP appraisal guidance Performance assessment
Auditing community pharmacy interventions Performance assessment
Auditing intensive psychiatric care units (IPCU) Performance assessment
Developing Avon, a mental health user outcome tool Performance assessment
Developing a modular Quality Practice Award (QPA) Performance assessment
Developing mental health integrated care pathway (ICP) accreditation Performance assessment
Developing our mental health strategy Performance assessment
Developing standards for renal services Performance assessment
Improving healthcare for people with learning disabilities Performance assessment
Improving prevention and control of healthcare associated infection (HAI) Performance assessment
Patient safety in primary care Performance assessment
Reviewing Food Fluid and Nutritional Care in Hospitals Performance assessment
Reviewing NHSScotland’s clinical governance and risk management arrangements Performance assessment
Reviewing out-of-hours emergency dental services Performance assessment
Shifting the balance with community health practices (CHP) Performance assessment
Steering mental health integrated care pathways Performance assessment
Supporting mental health integrated care pathways (ICP) Performance assessment
Supporting the mental health matrix Performance assessment
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Standards
Project NameType
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) project Standards
Clinical Standards for Prevention and Treatment of Coronary Heart Disease Standards
HIV treatment and care Standards
Managed Clinical Network Redesign Project Standards
Setting Clinical Standards for Neurological Health Services Standards

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