Teams within HSCPs and vaccination service take part in iMatter
Teams within the North and South Lanarkshire health and social care partnerships and the vaccination programme have received their iMatter questionnaires and are being asked to complete them by 4 July. The purpose of using the iMatter staff experience tool is to help...
NextGen Virtual Careers Success
The NextGen Virtual Careers Event which took place recently was met with overwhelmingly positive feedback from attendees. Aimed at school pupils from S1-S6 across Lanarkshire, this was an opportunity to showcase the wide variety of careers available within NHS...
Walking Challenge completed!
Congratulations to all the staff who took part in this year’s walking challenge! All teams combined walked an incredible distance over the six-week period, in fact, teams racked up an astounding 480 million steps – the equivalent of walking over 8 times around the...
Director of psychological services retires after 26 years’ service
This Friday sees Dr Gary Tanner retire as director of psychological services after 26 years’ service in the NHS. Gary (58) originally from Knightswood in Glasgow but now living in Uddingston, started out in the psychology department at Dykebar Hospital in Paisley in...
Take part in the Full of Beans fun from home
NHS Lanarkshire’s free family-friendly health and wellbeing programme; ‘Full of Beans’ has now launched six new videos, which allow families to take part in all the fun from home! The programme is run in partnership with North Lanarkshire Council and South Lanarkshire...
Frequently asked questions on discharge without delay programme
Over the last two weeks, Pulse Online has focussed on the discharge without delay (DwD) programme. We have highlighted two animations: explaining what DwD is and a short clip highlighting where practitioners can find more support. In this third and final update in the...
Winner of Queen Jubilee tickets in London
NHS Charities Together offered NHS Lanarkshire two exclusive tickets to the Platinum Party at the Palace Jubilee Concert, and Susan Kane, stop smoking advisor, “couldn’t believe her luck” when she was announced the winner to attend! As a member of NHS Charities...
NHS Lanarkshire Breastfeeding Conference returns in person
On Tuesday (14 June) the NHS Lanarkshire Breastfeeding Conference returned to welcome staff, partners, parents and grandparents to Dalziel Park to celebrate Scottish Breastfeeding Week. Scottish Breastfeeding Week champions the work to support, protect and promote...
Shelley Percival appointed as director of dentistry
A new director of dentistry has been appointed in Lanarkshire. Following a formal interview process, Shelley Percival has accepted the role after fulfilling the interim post since 1 January. Shelley will continue to provide leadership on all issues relating to...
