Healthcare Improvement Scotland
better quality health and social care for everyone in Scotland
Work With Healthcare Improvement Scotland
Supporting Material
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About Healthcare Improvement Scotland
Healthcare Improvement Scotland is an organisation with many parts and one purpose - better
We improve health and care for the people of Scotland. Our vision is a health and care system where:
- people can access safe, effective, good quality, person-centred care when they need it
- services are informed by the people of Scotland and based on evidence that works
- those delivering care have support to innovate and improve
We focus our efforts on:
- enabling people to make informed choices about their care and treatment
- helping health and social care organisations improve their services
- providing evidence and sharing knowledge with services to help them improve
- enabling people to get the best out of the services they use
- providing quality assurance that gives people confidence in NHS services
- making the best use of resources to add value to the care people receive
Director of Quality Assurance & Regulation
Our Directorates
Chief Executive’s Office
Includes our executive team, board and committees.
Community Engagement and System Redesign
Supports the engagement of people and communities in shaping health and care services in Scotland.
Evidence and Digital
Provides trusted evidence and advice to improve health and care for the people of Scotland. Includes the Scottish Medicines Consortium, the Scottish Health Technologies Group, the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network and the Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group.
Quality Assurance and Regulation
Responsible for the quality assurance, inspection and appropriate regulation of healthcare in Scotland, including independent healthcare providers.
Medical and Safety
Works with the clinical community to ensure our work is clinically relevant and has the greatest impact on patient care.
Ensures everything HIS does is supported by the best possible clinical leadership and expertise from the medical, pharmacy and associated clinical professions. Delivers programmes of work related to medicines & pharmacy, patient safety and quality management.
Nursing and Systems Improvement
Provides professional support and leadership to encourage collaboration and drive improvement in care with multidisciplinary teams in HIS and the wider health and care system. Includes the Healthcare Staffing Programme and Excellence in Care.
Finance, Planning, Governance and Communications
Covers all our finance, planning, governance and communication functions.
People and Workplace
Includes our HR, learning and development and facilities functions
Learning and growing
Involving the public in their work is integral to everything they do. Their approach to public involvement is to ensure that they work with patients, carers and members of the public to help them:
- learn from the experiences of patients and carers
- ensure that health services are sensitive to the needs and preferences of patients
- enable the public to review the quality of the NHS.
Equality and Diversity
Healthcare Improvement Scotland is fully committed to embracing diversity and delivering equality of opportunity.
- Equality - they aim to create a fairer society where everyone can participate and have the opportunity to fulfil their potential.
- Diversity - they recognise and value differences between people.
They ensure that equality and diversity are considered during the design, development and delivery of all our policies, functions and outputs.
