To provide quick access to funding for ideas that:

Improve the knowledge and understanding of effective treatment and practice;

Develop NHS Borders’ ability to deliver outstanding care and improve health outcomes; and

Support better health and wellbeing of patients and/or the community.

Attendance at training events

Attendance at academic meetings and conferences

Organising training/education events

Lecturer fees

Books and resources

Certain publications

Training and development which is focused on improving knowledge and understanding of effective treatment and practice for patients and the community of NHS Borders

Opportunities which focus on a patient group; therefore, should be open to any staff working with this group across NHS Borders regardless of ward/department/service.

All courses should be relevant to the attendee’s job role.

Proposals for individual qualifications (including modules) must justify why this is in the best interest of the patients and community of NHS Borders and are subject to staff personal contribution.

All attendees must have 100% statutory and mandatory compliance and complete a Study Leave Form

Be delivered within 6 months (up to £1,000) or 12 months (up to £10,000) of the grant being awarded.

Be straight-forward and simple to deliver.

Be a standalone initiative and not part of a larger project.

Away days, team building or staff social events.

Staff salaries or backfill costs.

Training which is the responsibility of NHS Borders as a requirement of health and safety, employment law or ministerial policy direction.

Requests for training/education which is statutory/mandatory (or otherwise essential) for staff in their role.

Retrospective requests for funding (i.e. something which has already been delivered, something which NHS Borders has committed to fund, etc.)

Recurring subscriptions to publications or apps

Personal subscriptions to publications or apps

Personal subscriptions to institutions