The Royal College Midwives is delighted to again sponsor the Midwife Award. This award is for an individual midwife or team of midwives providing excellent, evidence-based NHS maternity services/care in Scotland.
Tell us about the individual or team who is providing high quality and compassionate care for women and babies in Scotland. What is it about them that makes their contribution to NHS Scotland so special?
As Scotland’s leading modern university and largest provider of healthcare education, Glasgow Caledonian University is proud to sponsor the Allied Health Professional Award. As a University committed to widening participation and delivering positive outcomes for the communities we serve this award recognises an allied health professional or team delivering exceptional care and support to the people of Scotland. Allied health professionals are highly skilled and specialist practitioners who play a crucial role in a patient’s journey from diagnosis to treatment, rehabilitation and improving the quality of life across health, education, social care, and the voluntary and independent sectors
The School of Health & Social Care at Edinburgh Napier University aims to make an enduring impact on health, care and society in Scotland and beyond: areas of research excellence include cardiovascular health, mental health, maternal health, public health, and health and social services research.
The School is structured into four subject disciplines - Nursing, Midwifery, Allied Health Professions & Social Work, and Health & Social Care Sciences – and we are the only provider in Scotland spanning midwifery and all four specialisms of nursing education: adult, child, mental health, and learning disabilities.
We have an international reputation for excellence in all these disciplines, and our range of postgraduate programmes includes our highly innovative, integrated pre-registration programmes for Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Social Work.
Through our interprofessional education delivery, students at all levels gain experience of learning and working across and within professional grou
Alpha Solway, part of Globus, is a leading Scottish PPE manufacturer. As a provider of innovative sustainable safety solutions, we have been protecting people in industry and healthcare for over 30 years. We are proud to protect our customers in their working lives, equipping them to perform their roles safely and empowering them to do the best job possible.
We provide high-quality health and safety solutions across a broad spectrum of industries under the Skytec brand. Our range of high-quality respirators worn by NHS Scotland offers diverse protection levels, that achieve excellent fit test pass rates, ensuring workforce safety.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is the world’s largest professional organisation and trade union for nursing staff and, with over 49,500 members in Scotland, we campaign on issues that affect our members, shaping national health policies, representing members, and providing learning and development opportunities. We are the voice of nursing.
With around 20,000 students and 200,000 alumni, The OU in Scotland is the largest provider of part-time undergraduate higher education
in Scotland and has ranked first in Scotland for student satisfaction in the National Student Survey 2024.
74% of our students are in full-time or part-time employment, 23% are living in rural or remote areas and 85% of graduates are remaining in the location where they studied - so their talent and skills benefit local communities. We also work with employers and businesses to provide high quality learning and skills training.
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Scotland’s Health Awards 2024 will celebrate the extraordinary achievements of those individuals and teams who go above and beyond to deliver compassionate, high quality health and social care to the people of Scotland.
These awards recognise the contribution of frontline health and social care workers but also celebrate those who work so hard behind the scenes in support roles to ensure we have the kind of health and care services that are vital in achieving the highest quality of care.