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SFC has renewed its memorandum of understanding with NHS Education for Scotland (NES), following a meeting of both organisations this week.
SFC Chief Executive Karen Watt, NES Chair David Garbutt, NES Director
of Medicine Prof Stewart Irvine, SFC Chair Mike Cantlay
The NES and SFC chairs first agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the two organisations and to develop a joint action plan in 2008. This was renewed in 2016, and now for a further three years.
The focus of the joint action plan is to advise and support Scottish Government in progressing key policy areas such access and participation to health and social care professions. It is also intended to support the health and education sectors in addressing changes to the NHS workforce across all professional and occupational groups.
In related news, the Digital Health & Care Institute (DHI) hosted a reception to award the winners of Andy Murray’s 2019 #DigiInventorsChallenge and promote the launch of the 2019 Digital Health & Care Fest Conference.
The launch was attended by Ivan McKee, Minister of Trade, Investment and Innovation to present the winners – a team of four girls from Marr College – with their award for ‘Shake It Up’, an app that allows users to pre-order school lunches on their mobile phone.
Aimed at encouraging other pupils to make healthier choices, the app is designed to link with the school’s ordering system, enabling users to earn school house points and is also linked to pupils’ Young Scot Cards so they can earn points and prizes for selecting healthy meals at lunchtime.
