Family Nurse Partnership celebrates decade of success
In a heart-warming celebration of a decade in service, the Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) has marked ten years of dedicated work with families across Lanarkshire. The milestone was commemorated with a delightful teddy bear picnic-themed event held at Hamilton Town...
Transfusion team campaign to combat TACO and save lives
In celebration of its 20th anniversary, the Transfusion Team have launched a 4-week awareness campaign designed to underscore the pivotal role it plays in promoting safe, effective, and appropriate transfusion practices. The campaign aims to shed light on critical...
NHS Lanarkshire shortlisted at the Living Wage Awards
NHS Lanarkshire has been shortlisted for an award in the ‘Local Champions’ category at the Living Wage Scotland Awards 2023. The awards celebrate individuals and organisations that have made an outstanding contribution to the living wage movement. The winners will be...
NHS Lanarkshire welcomes new employee director
NHS Lanarkshire has extended a warm welcome to its new employee director and chair of staff side, Sylvia Stewart. Sylvia joined NHS Lanarkshire in 2000 as a specialist biomedical scientist and worked in the pathology department at the former Law Hospital as well as...
Menopause support group celebrates its first anniversary
Members from University Hospital Wishaw’s menopause support group took time at their recent monthly meeting to celebrate the group’s first anniversary. The group was set up in September 2022 by neonatal nurse educator Michelle Brooks following her own personal...
Refer local families to GOALS (Getting Our Active Lifestyle Started)
Refer your patients to GOALS. This healthy lifestyle programme provides support for children, young people and their families. GOALS is a community based programme for children and young people (CYP) aged 4-17 years old with a BMI greater than or equal to 91st...
National Allied Health Professions Day
Who are the NHS Lanarkshire AHPs? In Lanarkshire, the allied health professions (AHPs) consists of dietitians, occupational therapists, orthotists, physiotherapists, podiatrists, diagnostic radiographers, and speech and language therapists. However, in Lanarkshire,...
Big Shout Out – Clinical Psychology Team at HMP Shotts
Staff from the Clinical Psychology Team based at HMP Shotts have received a Big Shout Out for their innovative, creative and patient-centred approach and recognises the unique contribution our staff make on a daily basis. In the challenging environment of a prison...
We’re Supporting Baby Loss Awareness Week
From tonight University Hospital Wishaw will be lit pink and blue to mark Baby Loss Awareness Week which runs from 9-15 October. University Hospital Wishaw will join a host of other buildings and monuments across the country in remembrance of babies who have been lost...
