Family’s donation and thanks to Kilsyth Victoria Memorial Cottage Hospital
Nurses at Kilsyth Victoria Memorial Cottage Hospital thanked a caring young man for donating time and money to patients. Generous Humzah Razzaq (18), from Cumbernauld, raised £1000 for the hospital where he volunteered. Marie McGinty, senior charge nurse, said:...
Retirement of Andy Fleming
Andy Fleming will retire in April after 37 years’ service as an autism practitioner. Andy, who was based at Kirklands Headquarters, has held many roles over the years with the learning disability services as well as within wider services. In 2006, Andy took on the...
Working in partnership with NHS Grampian to provide best care to ICU patient
Intensive care unit (ICU) colleagues in NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Grampian teamed up to provide life-saving treatment to a coronavirus patient. Brian McBride was being cared for in the ICU at University Hospital Monklands when clinicians decided that ventilation was not...
Staff join forces to encourage Lanarkshire to stick with it
Marking one year since Covid-19 lockdown restrictions began, frontline staff have joined forces as part of a social media campaign to encourage their colleagues, and wider Lanarkshire population, to stick with it. The short videos, which were released during March,...
Safehaven team are winners at virtual staff awards ceremony
The Safehaven team at Kirklands Headquarters are celebrating their win following the fifth staff awards ceremony – which was held virtually – where they picked up the award for outstanding team in a non-clinical role. Even though the team may be very small, this...
Retirement of Dr Ken Robertson
After 30 years’ service, Dr Ken Robertson retired from his position as associate specialist in anaesthesia. In November 1993, Ken was appointed to Hairmyres and Stonehouse NHS Trust as a staff grade doctor in anaesthetics. At the time he was the only staff grader in...
Care home liaison team completes second vaccination of residents
Our care home liaison (CHL) team has now competed administering the second dose of the coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine to eligible care home residents. As the first health board in Scotland to vaccinate care home residents against Covid-19, we have now vaccinated more...
NHS Lanarkshire is on track to get frontline staff fully vaccinated as quickly as possible
NHS Lanarkshire is on track to get frontline staff fully vaccinated as quickly as possible. To date, staff vaccination clinics have vaccinated over 29,000 frontline workers with their first dose and over 14,000 with their second dose. The first staff vaccinations...
Harm reduction team privileged to receive award
The harm reduction team picked up the Chair Award at the fifth staff awards ceremony, which was held virtually via Microsoft Teams. The team is made up of only nine members of staff and leads on harm reduction work across Lanarkshire that provides injecting equipment...
