Essential maintenance works – Hunter community health centre multi-storey car park
Essential maintenance works will be undertaken at the Hunter Community Health Centre multi-storey car park, East Kilbride from Friday 3 November. Some of this work requires areas of the car park to be closed at times. The car park will be closed on Friday 3, Saturday...
Family Nurse Partnership celebrates a decade of support, strength, and success
In a heart-warming celebration of a decade in service, the Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) has marked ten years of dedicated work with families across Lanarkshire. The milestone was commemorated with a delightful teddy bear picnic-themed event held at Hamilton Town...
New family support workers devoted to supporting North Lanarkshire’s new babies
North Lanarkshire now has eight new family support workers dedicated to providing an extra layer of support and advice to mums with a new baby. Working as part of Health Visiting Teams, family support workers engage with new parents and provide guidance to support...
Cast iron assurance for wellbeing of care home residents as consultation begins
The continued commitment of health and care leaders to the wellbeing of care home residents has been reaffirmed – as formal consultation on the future of Dewar House and McClymont House begins. At a special meeting on 18 October, South Lanarkshire’s...
Lanarkshire staff take finalist places across national award categories
Exemplary care, compassion and professionalism in Lanarkshire are to be recognised at a prestigious national awards ceremony. A number of staff have been selected as finalists at the Scottish Health Awards, chosen from hundreds of nominees in a rigorous shortlisting...
NHS Lanarkshire welcomes new employee director
NHS Lanarkshire has extended a warm welcome to its new employee director and chair of staff side, Sylvia Stewart. Sylvia joined NHS Lanarkshire in 2000 as a specialist biomedical scientist and worked in the pathology department at the former Law Hospital as well as...
Plans supported to protect most vulnerable in face of brutal funding gap
Progress has been made as health and social care leaders continue to negotiate a brutally challenging budget gap. South Lanarkshire’s integration joint board (IJB) members, at a meeting yesterday (Wednesday 18 October), reaffirmed that the wellbeing, views and safety...
GIVIT alcohol and drug support
The GIVIT, commissioned by South Lanarkshire Alcohol and Drug Partnership, recently featured in the Carluke Gazette. Nobody thinks when they take their first drink or drug that they might end up needing to ask for support to overcome a problematic substance use issue....
Support service for veterans living in Lanarkshire receives coveted professional accreditation
A comprehensive support service for veterans living in Lanarkshire been awarded a coveted professional accreditation. Recognising compassionate and meaningful support – and a high level of compliance with rigorous quality standards –The Royal College of Psychiatrists...
