Heather Knox staff message, 23 December 2021
In this week’s staff message, Heather begins and ends by thanking staff for their efforts over the past year. The video also includes the regular update on Covid-19 cases in Lanarkshire. Heather also speaks about the recent Board approval for the preferred option to...
Acute order communications system coming soon
Electronic ordering – for the majority of laboratory samples – will soon be available in NHS Lanarkshire with the implementation of an electronic laboratory order communications (OCS) system. The primary aim of the system is to remove most of the current...
NHS Lanarkshire Choir Christmas video
We would like to wish everyone a happy and healthy festive season. The NHS Lanarkshire choir would like to dedicate this year’s Christmas song to Neena Mahal, who will step down as Chair of the Board on 31 December having completed her term of...
Alex graduates in cyber security
Congratulations go to IT infrastructure engineer Alex McTear who has graduated from Glasgow University with a Bachelor of Science in Cyber Security. Alex joined NHS Lanarkshire’s eHealth department in April 2018 and, in October that year, enrolled in the graduate...
Surviving Christmas when feeling low
Senior leaders of public sector organisations across North Lanarkshire have rallied around a drive to raise awareness about suicide prevention in a bid to encourage people to talk about it and seek support over the festive season. Senior officers from organisations –...
Couple’s Christmas donation
A kind-hearted couple handed over some early Christmas presents at University Hospital Wishaw. Jamie and Stefanie Millar, from Greengairs, donated a ‘cold cot’ and comfort packs to the maternity and neonatal team in memory of their baby boy, Brodie. The mum and dad...
North Lanarkshire’s Care at Home service to receive £3.6m boost
Care at Home services in North Lanarkshire are set to benefit from a funding boost of almost £3.6m to help ongoing work to expand the service. The Scottish Government funding will enable staff to see more service users, deal with the current surge in demand and...
New Monklands will be home to planned orthopaedic surgery
Elective (planned) inpatient orthopaedic surgery in Lanarkshire will be based at the new, state-of-the-art University Hospital Monklands when it opens around 2028. The Board of NHS Lanarkshire today approved the preferred option to relocate the service to the new...
Funding approved for 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 the business case and funding were approved by the board. As a result, the new community health clinic could provide a larger, more modern facility than the...
