NHS Scotland Global Citizenship

Programme

2nd November 2018

Recommendations to NHS Scotland

1. Develop a strategic approach

2. Professionalise and resource coordination and support

3. Maximise benefit

4. Ensure effectiveness

5. Value collaboration

6. Express local commitment

7. Define support mechanisms

8. Set expectations

Global Citizenship Programme Board Workstreams:

• Coordination Unit

• Communication and Engagement

• Human Resources

• Organisational Benefit & Knowledge Transfer

• Equipment

Scottish Global Health Coordination Unit

SAH, Edinburgh

Communication and Engagement

• www.scottishglobalhealth.org

• Champions Network

• People Register

• Mapping and directory

Mapping - Challenges at home

Mapping - Challenges abroad

• Infrastructure & equipment

• Communication

• Project management

• Cultures

Organisational benefit and Knowledge transfer

• Individual

• NHS Scotland

• Host

Equipment

Next steps?

• www.scottishglobalhealth.org

Questions?

This presentation …

• Describes our NHS Scotland response to the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow’s report on “Global Citizenship in the Scottish Health Service”.

• Provides an insight into the approach being developed to embed Global Citizenship in NHS Scotland.

“Global Citizenship in the

Scottish Health Service”

Report produced by Royal

College of Physicians and

Surgeons of Glasgow

(RCPSG)

Background

Benefits of global health work

Recommendations for NHS Scotland1. Developing a strategic approach

2. Professionalising coordination and support

3. Maximising benefit

4. Ensuring effectiveness

5. Valuing collaboration

6. Expressing local commitment

7. Defining support mechanisms

8. Setting expectations

Programme aims ....

• Contribute to the wider Scottish Government International Development Strategy, particularly strengthening capacity.

• Support and encourage NHS staff to participate in global citizenship both here in Scotland and abroad.

Programme structure ....

• NHS Scotland Global Citizenship Programme Board

• Scottish Global Health Co-ordination Unit (SGHCU) promotes, supports and nationally co-ordinates the delivery of the programme

• Local Board Global Health Champions

• Connecting with wider International Health structures: Scottish Global Health Collaborative, CMO Global Health Committee

NHS Scotland Global Citizenship

Coordination Unit

Established December 2017

Unit

Kerry Chalmers, Programme

Manager

Anisa Omar, Policy Manager

Bernie O’Hare, Health

Partnerships Lead

Mike Mckirdy, Professional

Adviser

Paul Gowens, Emergency

Medical Services

HR policies and procedures to support the staff

Organisational Benefit and measuring impact

Communication and engagement including on-line

presence to communicate, share knowledge and

information and promote the Programme.

Developing education and training resources to support

staff

Progress so far…..

• Launched Programme in June 2018

• Established Scottish Global Health Co-ordination Unit

• Engaging widely with staff, organisations and strategic groups

• Phase 1 Website presence

• Funding Database

• Volunteering Opportunities Database

Progress so far….

NHS Board Champions and People Register

Across all staff groups

• Over 170 local Global Health Champions with experience of global health across NHS Scotland

• Over 130 staff interested in getting involved

• Lead Champion in each NHS Board

Progress so far….

Health Partnership Mapping

• Launch of Health Partnership Mapping Tool

• Baseline of Health Partnerships in NHS Scotland

• Sharing knowledge, learning and development

Concerns

relating to

home/work

Action/ work stream of the Programme

Recognition

of overseas

work

Raising awareness of the importance of NHS Scotland’s

contribution to Global Health work.

Ways to capture the benefits gained from global health work;

Individual, Host and NHS Scotland.

Time off

NHS to work

overseas

HR Policies and procedures to allow NHSScotland staff and

volunteers to contribute to Global Health work.

Securing

funding/

costs of

volunteering

Funding Database with guidance for NHS Scotland staff available

on the SGHCU website

Funding Proposal writing guidance

Voluntary Organisation Database for opportunities

Shared

learning and

networking

to benefit

projects

Health Partnership Database

Annual national networking event

Support regional networking and educational events led by local

networks

Catalyse the development of a digital network for NHS Scotland

staff to share opportunities to get involved in Global Health work

and share knowledge and best practices.

Challenges and

suggestions relating to the

project

Action/ work stream of the SGHCU

Logistics: Infrastructure,

equipment and consumables

Training resources.

Logistics: Communication

Prioritization, needs

assessments and monitoring

and evaluation

Training on needs assessment,

prioritization and monitoring and evaluation.

Working across sectors Provide a networking hub which will

support cross sectoral working.

Human resource issues

relating to the project

Preparation on how to manage challenges

which are outside the control of a project.

Working in a culture different

than the one we are used to

Preparation, working within our Principles

of Partnership including how to ‘do it well’

and ‘Active Global Citizenship’.

Work Underway • NHS Scotland Global Citizenship HR policy

• Developing Organisational Benefit & Knowledge Transfer Toolkit

• Developing Education and Training Resources to support staff

• Developing an NHS approach for surplus kit and equipment

• Launch of Phase 2 web presence by end of 2018

Next Steps

• Build on progress so far….

• Set out NHS Scotland approach in a comprehensive Framework

• Develop and support engagement and shared learning across our growing global health community

• Build on our ‘doing it well’ approach

• ‘Active Global Citizenship’ approach at home

Thank You