On behalf of the Scottish Pathways Association (SPA), I would like to offer a sincere thank you to Dr Ali El-Ghorr (Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)) for over a decade of contribution to the work of the SPA including pre-runners to the current organisation. Ali is retiring from public service to pursue his personal interests including plans to master his fishing skills. Ali’s enthusiasm, knowledge and fantastic sense of humor will be sadly missed on the professional arena by all who have had the pleasure working with him. We wish him all the best with new ventures and thank him again for all his hard work and contribution.
24th Feb, 2012
A fond farewell to Ali
24th Nov, 2011
SPA looking towards 2012
You may have received information asking if you are currently involved in the Scottish Pathways Association or would like to be in the future. If you have received this information we would encourage you to complete it as we are keen to expand our membership and ensure our direction of travel reflects your thoughts.
You may also have received information asking your opinion on how additional education and training with regards to developing integrated care pathways in your field may help improve the patient experience whilst meeting the ever increasing demands of fiscal and policy pressure. It would be extremely valuable to gauge how SPA can help meet your needs and assist you in meeting these ever increasing demands. We would greatly appreciate you taking the time to complete the questionnaire attached to the email and returning it as per the instructions. If you have not received this email contact us at info@scottishpathways.com .
We would like to emphasis that SPA is your resource and we are keen to encourage new and ongoing participation from those interested in progressing the use of clinical and care pathways aligned to improving patient experience whilst giving opportunity to ensure the most efficient use of services. If you would like to become involved or simply find out more about SPA please do not hesitate to contact us at info@scottishpathways.com or speak to David Thomson (SPA vice chair) at 07789852482.
10th Feb, 2010
SPA Latest News
We are now taking bookings for our national conference, ‘Care Pathways to Promote Quality in Scotland’ which takes place on Tuesday 25th May 2010 at the Inchyra Grange Hotel in Polmont (near Edinburgh). The event will showcase the role of clinical/care pathways in promoting improved quality of care and is free to all NHS staff in Scotland and our local authority and non-statutory organisation partners. For more information you can now download the Conference Flyer, Programme, Booking Form and Abstract Submission Form .
To give you more information on what SPA is all about we’ve put together the first edition of the SPA Newsletter which you can download here. Want to join us? SPA is affiliated to the European Pathway Association so if you are a member of the EPA you will automatically be a member of SPA and won’t need to apply to join. For anyone else interested in joining you can either fill in the SPA Membership Application Form here or by completing the Booking Form (above) for the Conference. See you in May!
16th Dec, 2009
We’re changing
In case you’ve been wondering, ICPUS is changing to the Scottish Pathways Association. ICPUS ran from 2001 and achieved its major goal of promoting the development of ICPs at a national level. The network is now taking a new direction in partnership with the European Pathways Association.
We’re planning a conference for 25th May 2010 to launch the new organisation. More details will follow in early 2010.