As well as highlighting Demystifying Death Week this week, you can also pop into Joe’s Bistro to see our Creative Arts in the Community exhibition.
This small exhibition showcases the projects we have undertaken over the last year taking creative arts into the hospice community.
#NACIC27 is officially launched!
NACIC27 heads to Toronto 🇨🇦 (13–15 Oct 2027) with the theme:
Community as the Catalyst: Advancing Integrated Primary Healthcare for Health and Wellbeing.
Join the movement shaping integrated care
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IFIC is delighted to join the NRH’s National Conference in Dublin. Minister for Health Dr Jennifer Carroll MacNeill recognised the Foundation’s role in strengthening international connections. Contributions from Prof Áine Carroll, Dr PJ Harnett, Brian Dunne and Prof Anne Hendry.
Making the move to adulthood can be tough — especially for young people with learning disabilities.
In the latest #IFICScotland blog post, A Time of Change, Lorne Berkley explore Scotland’s new strategy for better, more joined-up transitions.
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Self-nominations are now open for BGS Deputy Honorary Secretary and Chair/Co-Chairs of the BGS Trainees Council. Find out more about the roles and how to apply:
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#join The Post Grad Certificate Integrated Community Nursing programme @UniWestScotland is now recruiting for Sept 2025. This 1 year P/time online programme (masters level) is aimed at community nurses working at or aiming to work at level 6 of @NESnmahp development framework.
Powerful start to AICIC in Dublin. Integration as a behaviour - looking beyond structure to relationships, cultures and leadership for better outcomes @HSCScotland@ALLIANCEScot@UniWestScotland@IFICInfo
After debating the amendment tabled by @danny__kruger, we are pleased the Assisted Dying Bill committee voted to remove 'medical condition' from the definition of terminal illness following BGS concerns the term would include frailty. Read our statement: buff.ly/41xjUIQ
A clear acknowledgement on @BBCr4today from @AmandaPritchard that we cannot disentangle health & social care with 1 in 7 beds occupied by people waiting for social care. Need to resolve social care to deliver healthcare in ED & elective care @GeriSoc@NCFCareForum@RCPhysicians
Join the ALLIANCE and the @IFICInfo for the next event in our ‘Integration in Action’ series.
When: 23 January 2 -4pm
We’ll look at the factors that contribute to successful integration, including examples of good practice and ideas for the future: alliance-scotland.org.uk/blo…
Our latest 'Lead Courageously' episode it out!
Watch this interview with Sara Redmond, Chief Officer of Development at the ALLIANCE, as she speaks about the importance of courageous, compassionate and collective leadership:
youtu.be/-t-mpRnUYzU@redmond_kidd
Check out our new toolkit!
The Unfolding the Future toolkit is a resource to encourage you to think creatively about how to transform the future of health and care in Scotland.
It will help you reflect on and evaluate your current situation and plan your future direction.
ALT A graphic of people on a hill with a placard, a megaphone, a graph and an upward arrow, with the title: Unfolding the future.
🌟 Exciting news! NHS Lanarkshire and Kilbryde Hospice are joining forces to enhance equitable palliative and end-of-life care for our patients. Together, we’re committed to providing the best support for those facing life-limiting illnesses. 💙 #KilbrydeHospice#NHSLanarkshire
#Frailty affects up to half of the population over 85 y/o and costs £5.8billion per year. Following the #DarziReview we urge those developing the NHS Ten Year Plan to implement core features of age-attuned integrated care for older people #BGSblueprintbgs.org.uk/Blueprint