About us

About us

The NHS Scotland Academy is an exciting partnership between NHS Golden Jubilee and NHS Education for Scotland to offer accelerated training for a wide range of health and social care roles and professions. 

The Academy:

• provides an opportunity for staff to improve their skills in specific areas, using residential, distance and virtual reality learning.
• offers attractive training programmes linked to recruitment and career progression.
• draws on the strengths of both parent organisations using both the state-of-the-art clinical and simulation facilities at NHS Golden Jubilee and the educational expertise and technology-enabled learning offered by NHS Education for Scotland.
• supports NHS Scotland to develop additional capacity and new capabilities. 
• adds to existing educational programmes and respond to evolving and emerging workforce needs. 
• helps ensure the health and social care workforce is prepared for future needs in Scotland by addressing recruitment gaps and training needs
• commits to the principles of eliminating discrimination and harassment, promoting equality of opportunity for all and recognising and valuing diversity in employment and in the delivery of our services. Our Inclusive Education and Learning Policy [PDF] sets out our commitment to making education and learning more inclusive.

For more information about the NHS Scotland Academy, including our Governance, Commissioning processes and more, please download the NHS Scotland Academy Framework 2024 at this link. 

You can also download the NHS Scotland Academy Annual Report 2024 at this link.