Final touches being put to new £1.5 million CAMHS centre
A new £1.5 million specialist centre will soon transform the way Lanarkshire’s children and young people receive mental health care. The new outpatient facility in Hamilton, scheduled to open in July, will treat young people aged 18 years old and younger who are...
Mind to Mind launches to help people deal with life’s challenges
NHS Lanarkshire is backing a new national campaign designed to help people look after their mental wellbeing. Mind to Mind, a new website hosted on NHS Inform, features over 30 videos of people talking about their own mental wellbeing challenges in order to help...
Corporate services invited to take part in iMatter staff survey
After being paused in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the normal iMatter staff experience survey resumed in August 2021. The full iMatter staff experience measure will enable a meaningful opportunity for staff to express their views, feelings and experiences...
Weekly message from Heather Knox, NHS chief executive
In this week’s staff message, Heather gives her regular update on the Covid-19 cases across NHS Lanarkshire. Heather also speaks about her plans to retire in November and the work still be done between now and then. The video can be accessed on Vimeo and YouTube using...
It’s the return of Quality Week!
Next week sees the return of Quality Week, when everyone in NHS Lanarkshire has the chance to take part in learning and development sessions and celebrate the improvement work going on throughout the organisation. Kicking off on Monday 23 May 2022, there will be a...
Monklands Replacement Project team put focus on single room workload
A ground-breaking study is being carried out in NHS Lanarkshire to analyse the workload associated with single bedrooms. The observation study, starting this week, is being spearheaded by our project to provide the new, state-of-the-art University Hospital Monklands....
#SaferSexLanarkshire awareness week urges more young men to access free services
There has been a dramatic decline in the number of young men accessing essential sexual health services across Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire sexual health experts believe the disruption caused by the on-going Covid 19 pandemic is partly to blame for the 32% fall in...
Chief executive staff message
In this week’s staff message, Heather gives her regular update on the Covid-19 cases across NHS Lanarkshire. Heather also speaks about the strategic commend (gold command) decision to reduce the risk status across NHS Lanarkshire from black status to red status. The...
Animation to mark World Hand Hygiene Day
Today (Thursday 5 May) is World Hand Hygiene Day and NHS Lanarkshire’s infection prevention and control team (IPCT) breakthrough series collaborative is delighted to launch our first animation to mark the day. The video promotes good hand hygiene for staff to help...
