Mind to Mind launches to help people deal with life’s challenges
NHS Lanarkshire is backing a new national campaign designed to help people look after their mental wellbeing. Mind to Mind, a new website hosted on NHS Inform, features over 30 videos of people talking about their own mental wellbeing challenges in order to help...
King of the road
A health professional has retired following four decades devoted to the NHS in Scotland. Karen King’s career began in Bellshill, the town where she was born, over 43 years ago when she was just 17. She then worked her way around the west coast of Scotland and ended in...
Health Promoting Health Service (HPHS) has expanded its team
Image – Left to Right – Angela Donaldson, Sarah Brothers, Jacqueline Martin, Claire McCririck The Health Promoting Health Service (HPHS) has recently welcomed three new colleagues to their team. HPHS is a settings based approach, aligned to Realistic...
Carol retires after remarkable 37 years’ service
We pay a fond farewell to Carol Whitefield, senior nurse, infection prevention and control, who retired on 4 May after a remarkable 37 years’ service. In September 1985, Carol started her nursing training at Glasgow’s Victoria Infirmary Hospital. This was the old...
Corporate services invited to take part in iMatter staff survey
After being paused in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the normal iMatter staff experience survey resumed in August 2021. The full iMatter staff experience measure will enable a meaningful opportunity for staff to express their views, feelings and experiences...
The finish line is in sight
There’s less than one week left of this year’s Walking Challenge, and to date, 74 teams have crossed the Rome finish line having walked, cycled or ran at least 1,160.3 km since the challenge started in April! The top five teams leading the way, having covered over...
Weekly message from Heather Knox, NHS chief executive
In this week’s staff message, Heather gives her regular update on the Covid-19 cases across NHS Lanarkshire. Heather also speaks about her plans to retire in November and the work still be done between now and then. The video can be accessed on Vimeo and YouTube using...
Ruth’s reason for running
Keen runner and occupational therapy team leader, Ruth Marshall, is running the Edinburgh marathon on Sunday 29 May. In doing so, Ruth hops to raise some much needed funds for Scottish Autism, an organisation dedicated to enabling autistic people to lead happy,...
The ‘heroes behind our carers’
This year International Human Resources Day is being celebrated on Friday 20 May. International Human Resources (HR) Day is an opportunity to recognise of all the hardworking HR and recruitment professionals around the world. Recruitment website, s1jobs.com, paid...
