NHS guidance app
The NHS Lanarkshire guidelines app is moving to a new national platform. This requires the app content to be paused. This means that no guidelines will be added or updated in the transition period. The transition period will start from Tuesday 26 September and last...
NextGen careers information event
NextGen recently hosted a successful careers information event. The main goal of the NextGen programme, which is run by NHS Lanarkshire’s Medical Education Department, is to broaden access to medicine in NHS Lanarkshire for the following generation. On September...
NHS Lanarkshire RAAC Update
You may have seen recent reports in the media on the use of Reinforced Autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in schools and healthcare buildings. The Scottish Government and NHS Assure are currently carrying out a review of all NHS Scotland buildings thought to contain...
Importance of good complaints handling
“Robust timescales + quality = person-centred complaint handling,” is Kevin Rooney’s simple formula for supporting a listening and learning culture within NHS Lanarkshire. Kevin, who is patient affairs and complaints lead, explains the importance of good complaints...
New organ donation memorial bench unveiled
A new memorial bench has been unveiled at Calderglen Park, in tribute to the selfless Lanarkshire heroes who have given the gift of life through organ donation. The bench, which was unveiled prior to Organ Donation Awareness Week, it is in addition to the benches...
Local man encourages others to share organ donation decision
A local man is encouraging Lanarkshire residents to share their organ donation decision, while he awaits his own life saving transplant. Liam Girvan from Uddingston was put on the list for an organ donor after being diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease. The...
Oriental dragon arrives at Kirklands!
Visitors are astounded as an Oriental dragon arrives at Kirklands! For several weeks, in-patients at Kylepark Assessment and Treatment Centre passionately designed and constructed their contribution for the 2023 Bothwell Scarecrow Festival. After winning an award the...
Lifeline for survivors of sexual violence
In a life changing initiative to empower young women affected by sexual violence, the Tenancy Sustainment 4 Survivors (TS4S) service has been launched in North Lanarkshire, and will soon be expanding into South Lanarkshire. This pioneering strategy, provided by SAY...
World Sepsis Day
Today is World Sepsis Day. Sepsis is a life-threatening condition which kills more people than prostate, bowel and breast cancer combined. Also known as septicaemia or blood poisoning, sepsis occurs when the body’s attempt to fight an infection results in the immune...
