Pumpkin spook-tacular illuminates care home creativity and compassion
Residents and staff across Lanarkshire’s care homes carved out a truly spook-tacular Halloween – shining a light on creativity and compassion. Pictures have just emerged how various care homes across South and North Lanarkshire celebrated the season, in line with all...
Heather Knox staff message
In this week’s video (recorded Tuesday 2 November), Heather speaks about the vaccination programme and the Covid-19 cases in our hospitals, communities and care homes. Heather also speaks about the memorial service in remembrance of Hakim BenYounes, consultant surgeon...
Honoured for outstanding support towards the Armed Forces
NHS Lanarkshire has received the Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award for outstanding support towards the Armed Forces community. Representing the highest badge of honour, the Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Awards are awarded to organisations that employ and...
Biomedical scientist Christopher Duddy retires after remarkable 41 years’ service
Colleagues in the microbiology department at University Hospital Wishaw paid a special farewell to biomedical scientist Christopher Duddy who retired on 31 October after a remarkable 41 years’ service. Christopher began his career with NHS Lanarkshire in April 1979...
Chief executive message
In this week’s video, Heather speaks about the pressures across all health and care services (including Covid-19 cases), the actions taken last week and the areas that will be taken forward by short life working groups to see if we can make a difference to the number...
‘We’re listening’ – South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership invite views on a blueprint for tomorrow
People across South Lanarkshire are reminded that they can have their say on a plan that will shape the ongoing development of local health and social care services. South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership (H&SCP) are currently seeking views on their...
Flexible approach set out for a challenging winter ahead – as members of the public asked for their support
Details of key actions to mitigate against severe pressures on the health and care system over the busy winter period have been published. Members of South Lanarkshire’s Integration Joint Board (IJB) approved a report on 26 October which outlined robust yet flexible...
Sad passing of our colleague Jonathan Smith
It is with deep sadness that we have to advise of the tragic death of Jonathan Smith, a healthcare support worker based in the community testing team. Karen McLennan, NHS Lanarkshire team leader for the public health nursing teams, said: “We are left with...
Significant milestone reached in vaccination programme
We have recently reached the significant milestone of administering one million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. Tom Elrick, general manager for the Covid-19 vaccination programme in Lanarkshire, said: “Reaching a million doses is an incredible achievement and would not...
