Staff Flu Vaccination Programme – Drop In Clinics
There is not much more time for health and social care staff to get their flu vaccination before Xmas to protect themselves and those around them including patients and their families. The flu vaccine is offered every year to provide the best possible protection...
World AMR Awareness Week
The ‘Keep Antibiotics Working’ and the ‘Antibiotic Guardian’ campaigns both aim to promote safe and sustainable antibiotics use as part of this year’s World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2024 (18-24 November). World Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)...
Innovations in Psychology and Mental Health: The Next Generation
A recent conference, which brought together multi-disciplinary professionals from NHS Lanarkshire and other Health Boards and academics from several Scottish Universities, set out our strategic aim to inspire and enable staff to innovate and conduct mental health...
Deadline for staff to take part in culture survey
Staff have until midnight on Sunday 23 November to have their say on what it is like to work in NHS Lanarkshire. The survey (called the culture assessment tool) has been designed to provide information on how our values are lived, the behaviours we see at work and the...
Staff Vaccinations – Respiratory Disease
This year’s flu season has arrived early and we are already staring to see an increase in cases. People with respiratory disease are particularly more vulnerable to the flu and its serious complications including severe illness, hospitalisation and even death....
Catherine’s Roses to bloom across NHS Lanarkshire’s HQ
The NHS Lanarkshire Green Health Partnership (LGHP) was gifted several special Catherine’s Roses from NHS Charities Together. Through the joint royal patronage of Her Royal Highness, the Princess of Wales, these were planted within the existing greenspace at Kirklands...
Pharmacy Technician Finalist at Healthcare Awards
An NHS Lanarkshire Senior Pharmacy Cancer Care Technician is a finalist for Pharmacy Technician of the Year at the Scottish Healthcare Awards 2025. Adele Pessina, a key member of the Cancer Care Pharmacy Team at University Hospital Wishaw, was nominated by her...
NHS Lanarkshire to honour the fallen ahead of Remembrance Sunday
As the nation prepares to mark Remembrance Sunday (9 November), NHS Lanarkshire and its two University Health and Social Care Partnerships are joining communities across the country in honouring the fallen – and recognising all who have served, past and present....
Staff Vaccinations (Phase 2)
The 2025/26 Season campaign is ongoing and the NHS Lanarkshire Occupational Health Team (Salus) continue to support the campaign on the acute sites. Please note: only the flu vaccination is available at the OH departments. Clinics & Drop Ins: From 10th November to...
