Home First approach sets down strong foundations for tomorrow’s health and care delivery – today
More South Lanarkshire residents will soon benefit from innovative services that provide greater community-based care – and which will contribute to the reduction of unnecessary hospital stays. Members of South Lanarkshire’s Integration Joint Board (IJB) heard...
Access Quit Your Way for support to quit smoking
We have partnered with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Lothian to support anyone who wishes to quit smoking, including NHS Lanarkshire staff, by re-launching the ‘Don’t Wait’ campaign. The campaign features NHS respiratory consultant, Dr Colin Church,...
Care at Home on careful footing to reintroduce full supports after most challenging period on record
A process has begun to carefully step out of contingency measures that were activated to safeguard vital supports for vulnerable people. The measures were implemented during what has been one of the most challenging months ever for health and care services in South...
Video message from Heather Knox, NHS Lanarkshire chief executive
In this week’s staff message, Heather speaks about the Covid-19 cases, with the acute inpatient numbers coming down, and the success of the booster vaccination programme in Lanarkshire. Heather also welcomes colleagues from the Lanarkshire resilience partnership who...
VIP invite to Six Nations tournament – 5 February
One lucky member of NHS Lanarkshire staff will watch the Calcutta Cup match between Scotland and England at Murrayfield as a VIP guest of the Scottish Rugby Union (SFU) to thank the NHS for their efforts throughout the pandemic. You can nominate a colleague by telling...
Approval for the Vision Anywhere system
NHS Lanarkshire’s strategic command group has approved the use of the GP Vision system remote access software, ‘Vision Anywhere’ (VA). This will allow the user to remotely access a single GP practice’s Vision system or multiple practices’ systems, where practices...
NHS Lanarkshire Never Services Briefing – Update
NHS Lanarkshire is moving to protect essential services as pressure on health and social care services hits historic levels. Our services across the whole system are experiencing more pressure that at any other point. Under the circumstances the only way we can...
New district nurses
Health and Social Care North Lanarkshire (HSCNL) has started welcoming its latest intake of district nurses. Laura Henderson was the first to complete her training and be signed off as a district nurse. Supported by her mentor Marie McNulty, as well as practice...
Linda exceeds her fundraising target for Maggie’s Lanarkshire
Medical secretary Linda Lennon has raised a remarkable £1400 for Maggie’s Lanarkshire, in recognition of the support she has received from the cancer caring charity. On 18 December 2021 – to mark the one-year anniversary of her surgery – Linda, along with...
