Lanarkshire Care Academy strengthens bonds of today – to secure workforce of tomorrow
North Lanarkshire Council, South Lanarkshire Council and NHS Lanarkshire have formally consolidated links to create a Lanarkshire-wide Care Academy. The Academy will build on work already underway in North Lanarkshire, with a dual focus on further supporting the...
Health issue? Think Pharmacy First
People with minor ailments or injuries are being encourage to visit the pharmacy first. Pharmacist Hayley McGuire, a community pharmacist in Airdrie, said: “If you have a minor illness, your local pharmacy is the first place you should go for advice. You don’t even...
Lanarkshire Neonatal Team Best in the UK
The Neonatal Multidisciplinary Team at University Hospital Wishaw been named UK neonatal team of 2023. The team received the award from The Neonatal Nurses Association after being up against stiff opposition across the UK but are delighted to have been named overall...
Fraser ‘Nose’ The Irreparable Damage Cocaine Use Can Do
Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) doctors in Lanarkshire, Scotland have issued a major health warning to the people of Scotland who use cocaine on the damage it can cause to the nose when snorted. ENT doctors, specialising in noses at University Hospital Monklands (UHM) have...
Success in Reducing Hospital Pressures
NHS Lanarkshire has dramatically reduced pressure across its three acute hospitals improving patient care and experience following a successful nine-day “firebreak”. The firebreak, part of Lanarkshire’s positive and ambitious Operation FLOW plan, has resulted in a...
Take control of your health and ‘Quit Your Way’ on No Smoking Day
National No Smoking Day (Wednesday 8 March) is often a time when people who smoke decide to make a dedicated decision to give up and stub it out for good. NHS Lanarkshire is raising awareness of the event by encouraging residents who smoke to contact its free Quit...
Keep On Keep Up App Proves a Hit
An exercise intervention app designed to help prevent falls in older people has proved popular following initial testing with residents in East Kilbride. KOKU (Keep On Keep Up) is one of the exemplar projects being publicised on the West of Scotland (WoS) Innovation...
Partnership’s potent blend of innovation and compassion recognised at premiere digital awards night
SOUTH Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) has been recognised on the national stage for its exemplary use of digital technology. The Partnership’s Lanarkshire-wide Paediatric Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy digital transformation project was a...
Appeal for support to make Operation FLOW a success
NHS Lanarkshire is asking the public to support Operation FLOW – a positive and ambitious plan to improve patient care and experience. A key part of Operation FLOW is a “firebreak” to rapidly relieve pressure in Lanarkshire’s three university hospitals –...
