Video message from Heather Knox, NHS Lanarkshire chief executive
In this week’s staff message, Heather gives her regular update on the Covid-19 cases across NHS Lanarkshire. We are seeing a decrease in the number with Covid-19 across our acute hospitals. However, there are still outbreaks within care homes, which creates issues...
Short clip brings work of Lanarkshire’s care home wellbeing group into sharp focus
Staff wellbeing has been in sharp focus in recent times. While community, primary and acute teams have been a key focus of our messaging, local authority, the independent sector and NHS care homes are a vital audience – and part or our wider partnership – too....
New support in place for adult carers
Lanarkshire’s two health and social care partnerships have commissioned Lanarkshire Carers to support the completion of adult carer support plans. Health and social care partnerships must offer support plans to anyone identified as an unpaid carer, or any unpaid carer...
Professor Leitch privileged to be able to pay tribute to staff in sites visit
National clinical director Professor Jason Leitch paid tribute to all health and social care staff during a visit to University Hospital Hairmyres and Hunter Health Centre yesterday. Professor Leitch met with a number of staff across both sites including the flow...
New podcast featuring our chief executive, Heather Knox
Our chief executive, Heather Knox, talks engagingly in a podcast about the challenges of leading one of Scotland’s largest health boards throughout the Covid pandemic. Heather reflects on leading our health board throughout each of the pandemic’s five waves, a...
Over 1.5 million doses administered across Lanarkshire
NHS Lanarkshire has administered more than 1.5 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccination since the mass vaccination programme began. A total of 1,502,583 doses have been administered since the mass vaccination programme first started. This includes first, second and...
NHS Lanarkshire’s new corporate induction programme
The way NHS Lanarkshire delivers its corporate induction programme is changing. As of April, the half-day programme will be delivered via Microsoft Teams on a three-weekly basis. The new refreshed programme will be interactive and contain a celebration of the...
New University Hospital Monklands – MRP flash report April 2022
The Monklands Replacement Project (MRP) is our exciting vision for the new University Hospital Monklands. Our monthly flash report provides a short summary of what’s happening with some of the project’s various workstreams. Workforce “Meetings were held with...
Renewal and reinvigoration at the heart of a plan for health and care in South Lanarkshire
A new animation has been produced to mark the completion of a process that has created a blueprint for the future of health and care in South Lanarkshire. Hard-won lessons and real-life experience of the last two years are being harnessed to transform the approach to...
