Violence and aggression campaign makes headline news
A hard hitting campaign, which stands against those who direct any form of abuse to health and social care professionals has made headline news. On Friday 4 March, BBC Reporting Scotland interviewed front line staff who have found themselves being victims of...
Eating Disorders Awareness Week – 28 February to 6 March 2022
Eating Disorders Awareness Week takes place 28 February to 6 March. The international awareness event fights the myths and misunderstandings that surround anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder (BED) and eating disorders not otherwise specified (EDNOS). NHS...
Construction work starts on new £3.65 million Chryston community health clinic
A new £3.65 million state-of-the-art community health clinic for Chryston has moved a step closer after construction work began this week. As a result, the new community health clinic could provide a larger, more modern facility than the existing Muirhead Clinic for...
Holding meaningful personal development planning and review (PDPR) discussions
Staff are being reminded that the deadline for completing 2021/22 personal development planning and reviews (PDPRs) on the Turas Appraisal system will be the end of March. This important process gives an opportunity to meet on a one-to-one basis to discuss what has...
Support provided to help staff with challenging telephone conversations
With appointments having to be rescheduled or cancelled over the past two years, call handling staff have frequently found themselves being victims of telephone abuse and aggression. To help provide staff with the tools needed to help them in having these challenging...
Hospital waiting times highlighted in the media
University Hospital Monklands recently featured on BBC Reporting Scotland in a hard-hitting report on NHS waiting times. Lisa Summers, health correspondent of the BBC, interviewed a number of our staff about the steps being taken to address the issue of rising waiting...
Launch of Healthy Smiles animation
An animation promoting good oral health and healthy eating for young children has been unveiled by the Lanarkshire Chinese Association (LCA) in support of the Chinese New Year. New College Lanarkshire graduate Ruben Fernandez created the film designed to encourage...
Sad passing of our colleague David Yuill
It is with great sadness that we have to advise you of the death of David Yuill, a vaccinator with our Covid-19 vaccination service. Claire Denning, service manager for the Covid vaccination service, said: “David was one of the original staff members of the...
Simplicity and a human touch key tools in tackling a complex challenge
Exemplarily partnership working in Lanarkshire is being used as a foundation to pave the way to better patient care across Scotland. NHS Lanarkshire is now one of four national ‘pathfinder sites’ for the discharge without delay (DwD) programme. That means work being...
