It’s OK To Ask
A new national campaign has been launched to support patients and healthcare professionals in creating positive conversations about care and treatment. ‘It’s OK to ask’ encourages patients to ask health professionals four questions at their appointment: 1. What are...
Quality Week kicks off today!
Quality Week 2021 is finally here with hundreds of staff signed up for sessions throughout this week. There is a mixture of face-to-face, live Teams and pre-recorded sessions taking place, promoting quality and celebrating the improvement work taking place across the...
Obituary of Hakim BenYounes
Hakim BenYounes was born in Tripoli, Libya on 6 October 1959, a sibling to two brothers and three sisters. He studied medicine at the Medical School of Al-Fateh University, Tripoli from where he graduated in May 1983. He worked in Abusittah, Central and El Khadra...
Walking Challenge update
There is 11 days left to go for participating teams to complete this year’s walking challenge. To date, 68 teams have successfully completed this year’s challenge, which saw each of them cover at least 1,420.8km within their teams. Across the whole...
Podcast with Ewan Summers: Planned Date of Discharge with Marianne Hayward
When people are admitted to hospital, one of the first questions often asked is ‘when am I getting home?’. Planned date of discharge (PDD) allows for that question to be answered. The key feature of PDD is multi-disciplinary teams of health and care professionals...
Changing Faces changes Peter’s life
This week is Face Equality Week (17-21 May 2021), an annual event that raises awareness of the prejudice experienced by many people with a visible difference. In this touching video Peter Steele, clerical officer with the Salus occupational health team, gives a...
Video message from Heather Knox, NHS Lanarkshire chief executive
In this video, Heather talks about the slight increase in the number of new Covid-19 cases over the last seven days. As yet, there is no huge increase in the number of hospital admissions at this stage. The situation is being monitored very closely. The vaccination...
Security kits fitted on NHS Lanarkshire staff bikes
Lanarkshire Police division, in conjunction with North Lanarkshire Council, held bike safety events at University Hospital Wishaw and University Hospital Monklands, for NHS Lanarkshire staff to come along and equip their bikes with security markings, as well as find...
Emma’s walking challenge blog
We’re into week three of our walking challenge and I hope everyone is doing great! I’ve tried to mix it up this week and go on different walks around my little village. I think a change of scenery can help and I’ve tried to go on a different road every day. Let’s be...
