Recruitment drive for the next generation of school nurses
We’re getting set to evolve the role of school nurses with a recruitment drive showcasing the rewarding career awaiting new recruits. Health and Social Care North Lanarkshire (HSCNL) and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership (SLHSCP) are hosting an...
Dough-nut give up on winning!
NHS Lanarkshire’s recruitment department is celebrating after winning three boxes of doughnuts for the whole team. Jennifer (Jen) Brown, a recruitment administrator, had entered Radio Clyde 1’s McGhee bakery giveaway each week to try and win the delicious giveaway....
Lateral flow device staff testing programme continues
NHS Lanarkshire is continuing the roll-out of lateral flow device (LFD) testing kits to all patient-facing staff. All staff are strongly encouraged to participate in the testing programme and register each test and result to protect themselves, their families,...
Book sessions for Quality Week
It’s only a few weeks until Quality Week 2021 and you can now view our final programme and book sessions. Quality Week 2021 takes place across NHS Lanarkshire from Monday 24 to Friday 28 May. There is a mixture of face-to-face, live Teams and pre-recorded sessions...
Forty years outstanding achievement
After joining NHS Lanarkshire in April 1981, Carol Rattray, project co-ordinator for the condom distribution schemes, celebrated a remarkable 40 years’ service on 13 April. Carol has worked across various settings and health centres but has spent the latter part of...
Retirement of Alice Jackson
Alice Jackson is set to retire this month from her position as clinic clerical officer in sexual health. Alice started working in family planning in 1978 at Blantyre Health Centre as a volunteer. This is where Alice volunteered for an astonishing 17 years. When a job...
Superhuman care at home service praised
The ‘superhuman’ efforts of care at home staff in South Lanarkshire during the Covid-19 emergency response has been brought into sharp focus. Details have recently emerged on how care at home workers formed the vanguard of a huge partnership effort to keep the most...
Care home vaccine programme gets the Royal seal of approval
Lanarkshire’s care home vaccination programme, which is being led by the partnership, has been praised by Prince William. The Duke of Cambridge recently telephoned Trudi Marshall, our nurse director, to learn more about the programme and hear about the massive sense...
Tom receives a ‘quality’ goodbye
Colleagues paid a fond, virtual, farewell to operations manager Tom Gibb, who retired in March after a remarkable 39 years’ service. Tom, who was based at Salus occupational health, Beckford Street, Hamilton, began his career in the operating theatres at the former...
