Efforts to address health inequalities enhanced by new University alliance
Ongoing efforts to address health inequalities in Lanarkshire are being enhanced by the creation of a new partnership with a leading university. NHS Lanarkshire and North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships, combined with partners in communities,...
Teenager gets revolutionary hearing device at University Hospital Monklands
Teenager Ross Paterson became the first person in Scotland to get a revolutionary hearing implant after he lost hearing in his right ear. Ross, 15 from Dunblane, started getting frequent ear infections in 2020 and was referred to an ear, nose and throat (ENT)...
Free NHS support for pregnant women to quit smoking
Protecting a mother and baby’s health from tobacco smoke is one of the best ways to give newborns a healthy start in life. NHS Lanarkshire’s Quit Your Way service offers free, specialist support to pregnant women, their partners and families who want to quit smoking....
Call for feedback on North Lanarkshire’s health and social care services
North Lanarkshire’s health and social care partnership is calling for local people to get in touch with feedback to ensure services improve further. Health & Social Care North Lanarkshire (HSCNL) is one of more than 500 organisations using Care Opinion to listen...
There’s still time to sign up – Staff Health and Wellbeing Week
NHS Lanarkshire’s Staff Health and Wellbeing Week is coming next week and there’s still time to sign up to sessions. Lesley Mackay, Programme Manager – Staff Health and Wellbeing Week Strategy, said: “Our incredible workforce is dedicated to caring for the people of...
New info graphic focuses on quality
NHS Lanarkshire’s quality directorate has developed a new info graphic in consultation with staff groups across the organisation to summarise the Lanarkshire Quality Approach. Karon Cormack, director of quality, explains: “Starting with the inner circle, our service...
International Infection Prevention and Control Week
This week (16 to 22 October) is International Infection Prevention Week (IIPW) which aims to shine a light on infection prevention each and every year. This year’s theme is ‘The Future is Infection Prevention: 50 Years of Infection Prevention’ and recognises the...
New Associate Medical Director for South Lanarkshire HSCP
Dr Veronica Rainey has been appointed as the new Associate Medical Director for South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership.  Soumen Sengupta, Director of Health and Social Care for South Lanarkshire, said: “I’m delighted that Veronica is joining the senior...
Eligible care home residents receive Covid-19 booster and Flu vaccines
We’ve now competed administering the latest dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to eligible care home residents. The first health board in Scotland to vaccinate care home residents against Covid-19, we have now vaccinated more than 3,000 residents with both the...
