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Catch up on all the news and developments on Scan for Safety’s roll out across NHS Scotland.

NHS Golden Jubilee has become the first NHS board in Scotland to roll out a patient safety programme for Cardiac, […]
NHS Golden Jubilee has become the second NHS Scotland board to commence implementation of Scan for Safety – and the […]
The central message of my latest Annual Report is doing the right thing. That means acting collectively and making sure […]
Some of the team at NHS Lothian's Interventional Radiology Team, smile together for the camera. Four people pictured. The team were the first team in Scotland to implement Scan for Safety's Point of Care
NHS Lothian has become the first NHS board in Scotland to implement “Point of Care” scanning as part of the […]
NHS National Services Scotland is working in partnership to lead NHS Scotland’s efforts to transform its traceability and data capabilities […]
Visual identity for NHS Scotland's Scan for Safety
Scan for Safety Scotland was delighted to again attend this year’s P4H Scotland, as over 800 delegates descended upon Edinburgh’s […]
Over 200 medical device suppliers have now engaged with the NHS Scan for Safety programme by completing their online questionnaire. […]
Kim Anderson
Kim Anderson, Customer Services Manager at NHS Forth Valley, talks about the benefits of the new Inventory Management System which […]
Scotland’s first Data Strategy for Health and Social Care – ‘Greater access, better insight, improved outcomes: a strategy for data-driven […]
A new inventory management system to improve understanding of stock, consumption levels and to provide visibility across the supply chain […]
Work is progressing with the implementation of a National Medical Equipment Management System. A key element of the work is […]
Scotland is collaborating as part of the Four Nations to update medical device suppliers and Trade Associations about on-going work […]
The role of Scan for Safety in improving medical device information and data has been highlighted in a Scottish Government equality […]
The Scan for Safety programme will be underpinned by the use of GS1 global standards and their suite of unique […]
Dr Rory McKenzie
Dr Rory Mackenzie, Consultant in Critical Care Medicine in NHS Lanarkshire and National Associate Clinical Director, Centre for Sustainable Delivery, […]
HCSA Supporting NHS Procurement Professionals
The Scan for Safety team were at the HCSA Winter Conference on 22 and 23 November at Manchester Central Conference […]