Digital team receive ‘bumper’ Big Shout Out
Pictured left to right: Laura Jarvie, Robert McTear and Lyle Boylan Due to the number of nominations this Big Shout Out will appear in two parts. Part two will follow next week (Wednesday 7 February) Staff from NHS Lanarkshire’s digital team have received a ‘bumper’...
Macmillan improving the cancer journey
We are delighted to let you know of the exciting new development of the Macmillan Improving the Cancer Journey (ICJ) Service. The Lanarkshire service began a small pilot with a specific cohort of patients attending a post treatment lung cancer clinic. This pilot...
It’s Cervical Cancer Prevention Week!
From 22 – 28 January 2024 it’s Cervical Cancer Prevention Week and we’d love you to get behind the campaign.   According to Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust: ‘every day in the UK, 2 women lose their lives to cervical cancer and 9 more receive a life-changing...
Management Trainee Scheme
The national management training scheme identifies, recruits and develops graduate level individuals who have the potential to make a long-term contribution to public services in Scotland. The scheme is led by NHS Education for Scotland (NES) and we develop and...
Jacqueline wins first staff GREATix of the month award
Congratulations to Jacqueline Smith on being nominated for the first Staff GREATix of the month award at University Hospital Wishaw. The award was presented at Ward 23 by chief midwife Cheryl Clark (far right), consultant anaesthetist Dr Adam Livingston (second from...
Coatbridge prescribing team donates toys to local charity
Coatbridge prescribing team members along with Midwives and Kick Start donated money and toys to the Bear Necessity toy appeal. This was greatly received by the local charity.
Appointment of New Director of Finance
Michael Breen has been successfully appointed as NHS Lanarkshire’s new Director of Finance. Michael will join Lanarkshire on 1 April 2024 from his current role as Director of Finance with NHS Golden Jubilee. He will take over from current Director of Finance Laura...
Areas to improve our carbon emissions
The results of NHS Lanarkshire’s Public Bodies Climate Change Duties Report are out. The report outlines the board’s measured carbon emissions over 2022/2023 and where the largest carbon impacts are. All Scottish health boards complete the report and submit to...
Our staff feature in NHS 24 winter films
Three members of our NHS Lanarkshire team have participated in a series of films for the NHS 24 winter campaign. The short films are based on highlighting the most frequent self-care outcomes for low acuity presentations to their 111 service. Self-care outcomes...
