NHS Lanarkshire says talking and listening will save lives this Suicide Prevention Week
Several ‘Breathing Space benches’ have been installed across Lanarkshire to mark the start of Suicide Prevention Week (4-10 September) and encourage members of the public to talk and listen to help reduce deaths by suicide in the area. Susan McMorrin, Senior Health...
New legislation providing smoke-free perimeter outside NHS hospital buildings
On Monday 5 September, the Scottish Government is introducing The Prohibition of Smoking Outside Hospital Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2022, which bans smoking within a 15-metre perimeter of NHS Lanarkshire hospital buildings. NHS Lanarkshire has an existing No...
Cabinet Secretary and MP thank staff
Humza Yousaf MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, visited University Hospital Monklands yesterday (1 September 2022). During his visit, the Cabinet Secretary recorded a video to pay tribute to NHS and social care staff across Lanarkshire. Mr Yousaf was...
Chief Executive staff message
Before speaking about the number of Covid-19 cases, Heather begins with an update from the recent workforce summit. Heather also highlights the recent visit by Humza Yousaf MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, to University Hospital Monklands. The video...
Autumn vaccination programme gets underway across Lanarkshire
The autumn flu and Covid vaccination programme will get started on Monday for residents across Lanarkshire who are eligible for the flu vaccination or the flu and Covid autumn booster. The flu vaccination and autumn Covid booster are being offered to eligible groups...
Join your newly improved, local Weigh to Go class!
To continue to support those who wish to lead a healthier lifestyle, including NHS Lanarkshire employees, NHS Lanarkshire has extended its free 15-week weight management group Weigh to Go, and introduced a new Weigh to Go Maintenance programme. Both programmes...
New app development and governance policy
Many staff will be designing apps for themselves or for patients to use. This new policy outlines the steps and processes you need to follow to ensure your app meets the minimum standards of design and governance for any NHS Lanarkshire app, new or already launched....
Celebrating our heroes
Enjoy an evening with Scotland’s best-known military band, as the Band of the Royal Regiment of Scotland goes on tour for the first time since 2019. The band has performed all over the world and appears every year at the world-famous Edinburgh Military Tattoo – and...
New clinical director for Lanarkshire CAMHS
Our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) has a new clinical director following the appointment of Dr Lisa Sigouin. A consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for the last 10 years, Dr Sigouin already has an ambitious vision to establish Lanarkshire...
