Welcome to the May 2025 update from the RDS team
Three small-scale releases took place during April and May, including the following fixes and improvements:
Two short outages took place on the mornings of 12th and 22nd May. Tactuum is still investigating the root cause and will report on this shortly.
New designs have been produced which make the health board name and calculator title clear to the user on these calculator pages, with a warning message and link to ensure users access the right calculator for their board. These designs have been implemented in a test environment and are now under review.
We now plan to release at end of July 2025 the following major enhancements: redesigned Right Decision Service homepage, new search and browse interface, upgraded archiving and version control, and capability to edit content adopted from the Shared Content Library. We will provide slides and demos in advance of the release to introduce users and editors to the new functionality.
Introductory webinars for RDS editors will take place on:
Running usage statistics reports using Google analytics
To book a place on any of these webinars, please contact Olivia.graham@nhs.scot providing your name, role, organisation, title and date of the webinar you wish to attend.
The following toolkits were launched during March 2025:
Work is progressing on a number of decision support systems that are part of the wider Right Decision Service platform, beyond the web and mobile apps:
Public library services in Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow Life, Angus, Falkirk and Stirling have come forward to work with the RDS team, the Scottish Library and Information Council and local Realistic Medicine leads, to develop their role in engaging citizens in Realistic Medicine. This includes promoting the Being a partner in my care app: Realistic Medicine Together. This provides tools and resources to support conversations about what matters to the person, shared decision-making and self-management.
If you have any questions about the content of this newsletter, please contact his.decisionsupport@nhs.scot If you would prefer not to receive future newsletters, please email Olivia.graham@nhs.scot and ask to be removed from the circulation list.
For acute medical staff in CDU and ED when assessing children with intercurrent illness who are found to have incidental hyperglycaemia/glycosuria. To guide how to manage these children in terms of further investigation and follow up
Glycosuria and hyperglycaemia may be seen as part of the normal stress response in children with infection and also in association with medications such as steroids. This may be identified on urine dipstick testing or on a blood gas/cap BG/TBG
In some cases, the child has simply not washed their hands (alcohol gel does not count).
* If Diabetes team unavailable, can be discharged if HbA1c within normal range and all Cap BGs <11.1 for 24 hours. Discuss with Diabetes team when available.
- If HbA1c not available, can be discharged if cap - BGs< 7.8 for 24 hours. Chase HbA1c - PUT in 2C JOB BOOK. Discuss with Diabetes team when available.
Diabetes medical team - 0141 452 4961
Diabetes Hot nurse - 0141 452 4646
Out of Hours - General Paediatric team
