ScIL Cohort 53 Recruitment

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We are pleased to announce that recruitment of Cohort 53 of the Scottish Improvement Leader (ScIL) Programme will open on Monday 9th June 2025 and will close at 10:00am on Friday 29th August 2025.

We welcome applications from individuals working across all regions of Scotland supporting Health and Social Care and/or the Excellence in Care agenda. Applications will also be invited from individuals from 

  • National health boards
  • Individuals working in Social Services (specifically social workers working in social care and children & young people’s workforce)
  • Children and Young Peoples Improvement Collaborative (CYPIC)
  • Any other Scottish public services.

Once recruitment is closed, all applications will be collated and shortlisted by local and national panels. Applicants will be contacted during the week beginning Monday 6th October 2025, to notify them of the outcome of their application.

Please find below a link to the application form and guidance document:

Prior to starting your ScIL application, please ensure that you have:

  • Support from your line manager, organisational mentor and executive sponsor.
  • Informed them of the ScIL recruitment timelines
  • Completed a form of QI education focussed on core quality improvement methods and tools prior to applying.

If you have not yet completed QI education focussed on core quality improvement methods and tools please complete the QI Essentials learner pathway, available on the QI Zone, prior to applying.

Please find below the downloadable application form. It is important to read the Application Pack carefully before completing your application, as it includes key information such as programme details, timelines, and guidance to support you in completing your submission.

Key Contacts for QI / Excellence in Care Leads

If you are applying from a territorial board, please contact your local QI / Excellence in Care Lead prior to completing your application. If applying from a national organisation, this is not a requirement.

Please find key contact details below: 

 

Board

Named QI Contact

Named EIC Contact

Ayrshire & Arran 

Claire Mavin  

Claire.mavin2@aapct.scot.nhs.uk

Jen Pennycook

jen.pennycook2@aapct.scot.nhs.uk

Borders 

Laura Jones

laura.jones@borders.scot.nhs.uk

Julie Campbell 

Julie.Campbell@borders.scot.nhs.uk

Dumfries & Galloway 

Maureen Stevenson 

 Paula Riley

paula.riley@nhs.scot

Karen Hamilton 

Karen.Hamilton6@nhs.scot 

Fife 

Susan Fraser 

Shirley Cowie 

shirley.cowie@nhs.scot 

Forth Valley 

Wendy Nimmo 

wendy.nimmo@nhs.scot 

Douglas High 

douglas.high@nhs.scot 

Grampian 

Gillian Poskitt 

gillian.poskitt@nhs.scot 

Karen Beaton 

karen.beaton@nhs.scot 

Greater Glasgow & Clyde 

David Craig 

Emma Henderson 

Emma.Henderson5@nhs.scot 

Golden Jubilee, NHS Academy, NHS Research and Innovation, and Centre for Sustainable Delivery 

Emma Smith 

emma.smith9@gjnh.scot.nhs.uk 

Highland 

Esther Dickinson 

 

Lanarkshire 

Isabel Lindsay

isabel.lindsay@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

Lothian 

Cheryl Tudor 

Fiona Tynan 

fiona.tynan@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk 

Orkney 

Phil Tydeman 

phil.tydeman@nhs.scot 

Ellen Kesterton 

ellen.kesterton@nhs.scot 

Shetland 

Bruce McCulloch 

Angie Nichols 

angela.nichols@nhs.scot 

State Hospital 

Sandra Dunlop 

Tracy Tait 

Tracy.Tait@nhs.scot 

 Josie Clark

josephine.clark2@nhs.scot

Tayside 

Sharon Young 

Jayne Smith 

jayne.smith@nhs.scot

Rachel Haddock 

Rachel.Haddock@nhs.scot 

Western Isles 

Louise Sullivan 

louise.sullivan1@nhs.scot 

Noreen Macdonald 

Noreen.Macdonald@nhs.scot 

National Services Scotland 

Dr. Andrew Longmate 

andrew.longmate2@nhs.scot 

 

Scottish Ambulance Service 

Janie Reid 

David Payne

David.Payne@nhs.scot

NES 

David Maxwell 

David.maxwell@nhs.scot 

 

NHS 24 

Dan Harley 

Dan.Harley@nhs24.scot.nhs.uk 

Kerry Foley

kerry.foley@nhs24.scot.nhs.uk

Public Health Scotland 

Nicola Thomson 

 

Care Inspectorate