NHS Scotland Global Citizenship Guidance
A number of key guidance documents have been developed to support NHS Scotland staff participating in global health work.
Doing It Well Guide 2026
The NHS Scotland Global Citizenship Doing It Well Guide (2026) provides essential advice and guidance for NHS Health Boards and staff on how to get involved in global citizenship. It covers how to help from home, and if volunteering overseas, what needs to be considered in terms of risk assessment, safeguarding, and building sustainable partnerships and relationships.
The guidance is relevant whether you are just starting to explore global citizenship or are already involved in health partnership work. Most of the advice in the Guide is also available through our two Global Citizenship eLearning modules on Turas Learn.
This guidance should be used together with contextually specific information and professional advice.
The HTML version is available here.
NHS Scotland Global Citizenship HR Guidance
You may also wish to refer to the NHS Scotland Global Citizenship HR Guidance, published in Feb 2025, which provides a structured and co-ordinated approach that NHS employees can use to access current HR policies to support their global citizenship participation.