Staff within acute directorate invited to take part in iMatter
Teams within the acute directorate have received their iMatter questionnaires and are being asked to complete them by 20 June. The iMatter continuous improvement model has been designed with the input of staff throughout NHS Scotland to help individuals, teams and...
EASY made simple
All sickness absences from work for NHS Lanarkshire employees – regardless of the length of absence – must be reported to the early access to support for you (EASY) service, but yet many absences continue to go unreported or are recorded via SSTS only. Without...
We say farewell to sexual health lead consultant Dr Anne McLellan
Congratulations goes to Dr Anne McLellan, sexual health lead consultant, who retired in March after a remarkable 36 years’ service. Anne, who was based at Coathill Hospital, first began her career at Stirling Royal Infirmary and thereafter went on to work in multiple...
Give Nature a Go – learning disability service occupational therapy team event
During National Green Health Week (14-22 May), NHS Lanarkshire’s occupational therapy adult learning disabilities team held an open day in the woodland area within Kirklands Headquarters to showcase some of the successful work their patients have been doing as part of...
King of the road
A health professional has retired following four decades devoted to the NHS in Scotland. Karen King’s career began in Bellshill, the town where she was born, over 43 years ago when she was just 17. She then worked her way around the west coast of Scotland and ended in...
Carol retires after remarkable 37 years’ service
We pay a fond farewell to Carol Whitefield, senior nurse, infection prevention and control, who retired on 4 May after a remarkable 37 years’ service. In September 1985, Carol started her nursing training at Glasgow’s Victoria Infirmary Hospital. This was the old...
Ruth’s reason for running
Keen runner and occupational therapy team leader, Ruth Marshall, is running the Edinburgh marathon on Sunday 29 May. In doing so, Ruth hops to raise some much needed funds for Scottish Autism, an organisation dedicated to enabling autistic people to lead happy,...
The ‘heroes behind our carers’
This year International Human Resources Day is being celebrated on Friday 20 May. International Human Resources (HR) Day is an opportunity to recognise of all the hardworking HR and recruitment professionals around the world. Recruitment website, s1jobs.com, paid...
Green Health activities to support patients mental and physical health
Occupational therapist, Mary Lynas and senior health care support worker, Kirsty Neville explain how green health activities support their patients mental and physical health. Those with access to a garden have been found to have significantly lower sensitivity to...
