Uist Salmon Run fundraisers provide vital medical equipment

Posted on19th February 2016AuthorCraig Stewart

Originally posted: 23/10/2013

Staff from the Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) have presented The Sandpiper Trust (SP) with £2500 to help provide vital medical equipment throughout Scotland’s most remote regions.

The funds have been raised through sponsorship and donations gathered for SSC’s recent ‘Salmon Run’, a 207 mile challenge which saw teams run, cycle and row from Lochboisdale to Stornoway.

Read the full story here at the Island News & Advertiser

The Sandpiper Trust
The Sandpiper Trust, a Scottish Charity, was set up in memory of Sandy Dickson by his parents, family and friends. The primary aim of the Trust is to ensure that all Rural GPs in Scotland are provided with essential emergency medical equipment and resources once they have undergone specialist training courses and gained certification from BASICS Scotland. For further information on the work of the Sandpiper Trust, please go to www.sandpipertrust.org.

To download a Sandpiper Bag Application Form, please click here.

To download the contents layout for your Sandpiper Bag, please click here.

Scottish Infection Prevention and Control Education Pathway (SIPCEP)
A clear staged pathway of contemporary HAI education to enable staff and students to continuously improve their knowledge and skills around Infection Prevention and Control (IPC).
This pathway will provide flexible access to learning for staff as appropriate to their role and adopts a modular structure. The content is contemporary and suitable for wide multi-professional clinical and non-clinical audiences, in all health and social care settings. The pathway will comprise three layers – Foundation, Intermediate and Improvement.
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