‘Goldilocks approach’ secret ingredient of Partnership’s success
The ‘Goldilocks approach’ behind award winning team’s recipe for success has been revealed. South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership’s (SLHSCP) Home First triumphed in the Integrated Care category at the recent Scottish Health Awards. The evening...
Celebrating Allied Health Professionals Day 2022Â
Allied Health Professionals (AHP) joined with the AHP Director, Peter McCrossan on Friday the 14 of October to celebrate AHP Day 2022 with University Hospital Monklands colleagues. Ruth Paterson, AHP practice education lead, said: “AHP Day is celebrated each October...
New LearnPro Module to support pregnant women to quit smoking
NHS Lanarkshire’s Quit Your Way service offers free, specialist support to pregnant women, their partners and families who want to quit smoking. Guiding pregnant women who smoke towards this service is an important and potentially life-saving intervention for both...New Staff Health & Wellbeing Resources
Following on from our recent Staff Health and Wellbeing Week, there have been many new resources added to the ‘Your Health Matters’, a dedicated website section which hosts all our staff health and wellbeing resources – click here. Within this section, you will find a...
Advanced nurse practitioner recruitment event
NHS Lanarkshire is hosting an online event to encourage nurses to apply for trainee and qualified advanced nurse practitioners (ANP) roles. The event is taking place on Monday 21 November 2022 at 6pm on Microsoft Teams. The event is open to nurses who have an interest...
Recovery of Circ8 exercise class across Lanarkshire
The physiotherapy department in the Learning Disability Service has successfully recovered six Circ8 classes across Lanarkshire following the Covid pandemic. Circ8 is a health promotion exercise class for people with a learning disability. It consists of a warm up,...
International fraud awareness week 2022
International Fraud Awareness Week (IFAW) 2022 takes place 13-19 November when organisations across the globe dedicate time to raise awareness about fraud. The week-long campaign will reduce the impact of fraud by raising awareness among employees. This year NHS...
Cheerio to Chief Executive
After a 35-year career in the NHS, Heather Knox, chief executive, has said a fond farewell to all in NHS Lanarkshire. In her final staff video, before retiring, Heather says thank you to all staff for their continued support. The video can be accessed on Vimeo and...
Staff vaccination clinics at our three acute hospital sites
We have now identified suitable areas in the Salus Departments of our three acute hospital sites to provide dedicated vaccination clinics for staff who have not yet been able to receive their Winter vaccines (flu and/Covid-19 booster). Staff can book an appointment...
