National hub to review and learn from the deaths of children and young people
Background Scotland has a higher mortality rate for under 18s than any other Western European country, with over 300 children and young people dying every year. Around a quarter of those deaths could be prevented. With no national system to support consistent...
New head of health improvement announced
Kerri Todd has been appointed the new head of health improvement following Elspeth Russell’s move to public health. Most recently the health improvement lead for Health and Social Care North Lanarkshire (HSCNL), Kerri joined NHS Lanarkshire in 1999 as a health...
Hospital at Home service set to enrich existing care provision in Clydesdale
A service which supports patients with the same level of care in the home as they would get in hospital is being extended to the Clydesdale area. The expansion of Hospital at Home is part of South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership’s ongoing efforts to...
Project bids sought to advance shared decision making with patients
Teams across NHS Lanarkshire are being asked to consider project bids for this year’s Scottish Government’s realistic medicine team’s value improvement bids. Given the ongoing pressures on our health services, there has been an extension to the original deadline to...
Video message from Heather Knox, NHS Lanarkshire chief executive
In this week’s staff message, Heather speaks about the Covid-19 cases in Lanarkshire and a recent online meeting with the Humza Yousaf MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, and the MSPs for Lanarkshire. Heather also speaks about the launch of the LGBT+...
Council and partnership colleagues supporting acute hospitals
NHS Lanarkshire is delighted to have the support of colleagues from North and South Lanarkshire councils to help staff across the three acute hospitals during these challenging times. As pressures across the acute sites continues as a result of winter pressures,...
Care at Home on careful footing to reintroduce full supports after most challenging period on record
A process has begun to carefully step out of contingency measures that were activated to safeguard vital supports for vulnerable people. The measures were implemented during what has been one of the most challenging months ever for health and care services in South...
Video message from Heather Knox, NHS Lanarkshire chief executive
In this week’s staff message, Heather speaks about the Covid-19 cases, with the acute inpatient numbers coming down, and the success of the booster vaccination programme in Lanarkshire. Heather also welcomes colleagues from the Lanarkshire resilience partnership who...
Approval for the Vision Anywhere system
NHS Lanarkshire’s strategic command group has approved the use of the GP Vision system remote access software, ‘Vision Anywhere’ (VA). This will allow the user to remotely access a single GP practice’s Vision system or multiple practices’ systems, where practices...
