{"id":4458,"date":"2023-11-09T09:22:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T09:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smvn.scot.nhs.uk\/?page_id=4458"},"modified":"2026-08-21T17:35:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T17:35:59","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/smvn\/about-us","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Membership<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SMVN membership comprises all staff of all grades working in NHS Medical Microbiology, Virology, Mycology and Parasitology Departments including Medical staff, Clinical Scientists, Biomedical Scientists and Support workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SMVN is a diagnostic network that provides a systematic approach to service redesign, integration and improvement via sharing good practice, influencing change, informing service planning and providing specialist advice and mutual support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SMVN works to an annual business plan and publishes annual reports. Many of its planned aims and objectives are delivered by its sub-groups which are led and populated by the SMVN membership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">National Networks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further information about National Networks can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">Membership SMVN membership comprises all staff of all grades working in NHS Medical Microbiology, Virology, Mycology and Parasitology Departments including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4458","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/smvn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/smvn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/smvn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/smvn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/smvn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4458"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/smvn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4809,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/smvn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4458\/revisions\/4809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/smvn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}