Scottish Urinary Tract Infection Network (SUTIN) Newsletter June 2017

2nd SUTIN newsletter June 2017 –  In this edition, SUTIN are focusing on the NHS Education for Scotland (NES) resources around urinary catheters and continence.


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Uro sheath – An alternative to long term catheterisation and containment products

NHSGGC are running short educational sessions around the use of sheaths.


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Care home chef's menu wins him UK ‘Chef of the Year’ accolade

A care home chef’s ‘traditional Highland fayre’ using locally available ingredients has seen him crowned Chef of the Year in a prestigious UK competition.


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Joint inspections of integrated health and social care

The way health and social care is being delivered is changing in Scotland, so inspections are changing too. From 2017, the Care Inspectorate and Healthcare Improvement Scotland have a joint responsibility in law to inspect the quality of strategic commissioning – that is the way in which local authorities and health boards come together in integration authorities to plan and deliver health and social care.


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Volunteers make all the difference

Rami Okasha, Executive Director of Strategy and Improvement, Care Inspectorate


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