Candid series unveils everyday superheroes of frontline community service
A special series of feature articles has brought the lives, motivations and compassion of frontline community staff into sharp focus. In a campaign to support ongoing recruitment for South Lanarkshire Health and Social Partnership’s Care at Home service, members of...
Lanark School Pupil Designs Winning Logo for CLiC Project
NHS Lanarkshire’s Health Improvement Team in Clydesdale has launched a supportive new initiative to maximise the strengths and community connections of local residents called; Clydesdale in Conversation (CLiC). To launch CLiC, the team ran a competition for budding...
NHS Lanarkshire reduces risk level
NHS Lanarkshire is no longer at the highest level of risk. Following a risk assessment, senior leaders at the health board lowered the level of risk from black to red (4 May 2022). Heather Knox, NHS Lanarkshire chief executive, said: “While we are stepping down the...
Healthy lifestyles programme for North Lanarkshire families
NHS Lanarkshire’s free family-friendly health and wellbeing programme; ‘Full of Beans’ has now launched its latest six-week block. The programme is welcoming families, from across North Lanarkshire, to come along and take part in enjoyable activities while learning...
New Covid treatment helped martial arts
A new anti-viral Covid treatment helped a Cumbernauld dad recover in time to see his daughter score a try in a rugby under-18 final at Murrayfield. People in Lanarkshire with Covid-19 who have certain medical conditions are being offered new treatments to help manage...
Paediatric Nurse Offers Advice to Parents
A paediatric senior charge nurse at University Hospital Wishaw (UHW) is urging parents and guardians of children between the ages of 5 to 11 to consider booking an appointment for their child to receive the Covid vaccine, particularly those children classed as...
Professor Leitch’s heartfelt tribute to health and care staff
Professor Jason Leitch has paid a heartfelt tribute to all health and social care staff across Lanarkshire. The national clinical director also told how he was he was ‘genuinely inspired’ and filled with ‘hope for the future’ following a recent visit to University...
Three Sisters Have Century of NHS Experience
Three siblings who have dedicated their careers to the NHS have celebrated their combined 100 years’ service this year. Eldest sister Jean Daly, 62, joined the healthcare service in 1993, working first as a domestic before moving into nursing in 2004, where she now...
Visiting to Resume This Weekend
NHS Lanarkshire is reintroducing visiting across all our acute inpatient wards and units. The new arrangements will come into effect this Sunday (17) and patients can now have one visit a day with one visitor at each visit, however, the visitor can change from day to...
