ACT Now – North Lanarkshire
As part of the response to the Scottish Government target of achieving the goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2045, the North Lanarkshire Partnership established the new Action Together on Climate initiative, (ACT Now). The North Lanarkshire Partnership consists of:...
North and South health and social care partnerships take part in iMatter
Teams within the North and South health and social care partnerships have received their iMatter questionnaires and are being asked to complete them by 4 October. The purpose of using the iMatter staff experience tool is to help individuals, teams, directorates,...
Special focus on care home wellbeing – fourth instalment
In the fourth in a series of focus articles, The Pulse continues to look at supports available for care home staff across Lanarkshire. While community, primary and acute teams have been a key focus of our messaging, local authority, the independent sector and NHS care...
Carol provides listening support service to her peers
One member of staff who has managed to balance the challenges of working in a full-time nursing role and offering her free time to help colleagues in the nursing and midwifery profession is Carol Gray, a charge nurse with the renal department at University Hospital...
Heather Knox staff message 15 September
In this week’s video, Heather speaks about the increase in COVID-19 cases in hospitals in the community over the last couple of weeks. However, the numbers have levelled off this week. Heather also gives an update on the vaccinations including the older children and...
More time for staff feedback on future of planned orthopaedic surgery
We’ve extended our engagement process on proposals for the future provision of elective (planned) orthopaedic surgery. To give more opportunity for feedback from staff and the public, the original deadline of 15 September has been extended to 30 September....
Infant minds matter: A new infant mental health service in NHS Lanarkshire
Despite their vulnerability there remains a potentially serious lack of understanding around the mental health needs of infants. That is the message from Graham Shulman, our head of child psychotherapy, as the board works towards launching its new infant mental health...
Personalised, sustainable commute options for NHS Lanarkshire staff
NHS Lanarkshire’s Sustainability Team is marking Scotland’s Climate Week (Monday 13th September – Sunday 19th September), by announcing a new partnership with Mobilityways, which will allow all staff who commute to work, to receive personalised, sustainable options,...
Rainbow at University Hospital Wishaw provides colourful symbol of gratitude
The recent Covid-19 pandemic brought an uncertainty and fear that no one had yet experienced. During this time, the rainbow became a symbol of hope. Credit and recognition goes to all the staff who worked tirelessly throughout these difficult times, always showing...
