Health and Wellbeing Ideas and Support
NHS Lanarkshire’s Weight Management Service (LWMS) is supporting staff who wish to make healthier lifestyle changes. Being physically active and eating a healthy balanced diet are important for not only our physical health, but also our emotional and mental health,...
GP practices move to providing the most urgent care
Health and social care services across Lanarkshire are continuing to experience more pressure than at any other point in their history. Due to this sustained pressure, record Covid-19 numbers and ongoing staff sickness absence, NHS Lanarkshire has asked GP practices...
Importance of HPV testing during cervical cancer prevention week
Women and people with a cervix are being encouraged not to ignore their cervical screening (smear test) invite, as a drive gets underway to highlight the importance of the test, which screens for the human papillomavirus virus (HPV). To mark Cervical Cancer Prevention...
Weekly staff message from Heather Knox
In this week’s staff message, Heather speaks about the Covid-19 cases in Lanarkshire, workforce pressures and the impact on services as well as the work of the local resilience partnership. The video can be accessed on Vimeo and You Tube using the links below: Vimeo –...
“When can I go home?” Partnership hospital programme providing answers to fundamental question
A programme based on providing clear answers to a fundamental patient question has gone live in NHS Lanarkshire’s three acute hospitals. The planned date of discharge (PDD) programme aims to establish a clear date of when someone will go home (or to a community...
Latest discounts from NHS Staff Benefits
Save £££s on some great deals both in-store and online, all especially negotiated for NHS staff. To find out more, or sign up to receive all the latest discounts, visit: www.nhsstaffbenefits.co.uk Here are some of the latest deals from some fantastic brands. 20 per...
NHS Lanarkshire Never Services Briefing
NHS Lanarkshire is moving to protect essential services as pressure on health and social care services hits historic levels. While we are seeing lower levels of serious illness as a result of the Omicron Covid-19 variant, there are a large number of cases as well as...
Pedaling the way to improved mental health
Mountain biking can have a positive effect on wellbeing by improving physical and mental health. The Trail Therapy project is a mountain biking group that was developed by NHS Lanarkshire mental health nursing and occupational therapy (OT) staff. The project is riding...
Support for healthier lifestyle New Year resolutions
Image credited by the World Obesity Federation. At a time where many of us are traditionally making new year resolutions to be healthier, NHS Lanarkshire is supporting staff who wish to stick to their pledge, by raising awareness of the free NHS online 12-week weight...
