World Patient Safety Day
World Patient Safety Day is an opportunity to raise awareness of the high burden of medication-related harm due to medication errors and unsafe practices with the aim of improving medication safety. World Patient Safety Day is one of the World Health Organisation’s...
World Sepsis Day
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition which kills more people than prostate, bowel and breast cancer combined. Also known as septicaemia or blood poisoning, sepsis occurs when the body’s attempt to fight an infection results in the immune system damaging tissues and...
Shelagh McIntyre retires after 45 years’ service
Shelagh McIntyre has retired in her role as practice nurse at Greenhills Health Centre after a remarkable 45 years’ service in the NHS. Shelagh started nurse training at Philipshill Hospital in 1977 doing orthopaedics. Her general RGN training took place at the...
Deputy Chief Executive staff message
Judith Park, NHS Lanarkshire Deputy Chief Executive, steps in for Heather Knox who is on annual leave this week. Judith speaks about the challenges we are continue to experience across every part of our healthcare and social care system. The video can be accessed on...
Marisa’s ‘lovely eyes’ and warm heart to the rescue
Marisa Reid’s ‘lovely eyes’ and warm heart came to the rescue of a local resident during her lunch time stroll at work last week. Marisa, who joined the pharmacy/prescribing team in May as an administration assistant, was taking her usual lunch time walk around the...
Cabinet Secretary and MP thank staff
Humza Yousaf MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, visited University Hospital Monklands yesterday (1 September 2022). During his visit, the Cabinet Secretary recorded a video to pay tribute to NHS and social care staff across Lanarkshire. Mr Yousaf was...
New clinical director for Lanarkshire CAMHS
Our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) has a new clinical director following the appointment of Dr Lisa Sigouin. A consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for the last 10 years, Dr Sigouin already has an ambitious vision to establish Lanarkshire...
Autumn vaccination programme
The Autumn vaccination programme will commence on Monday, 5 September and Lanarkshire health and social care staff (including independent contractors) can book an appointment to receive their annual flu vaccination and Covid Booster vaccination (if eligible) through...
Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy Consultation
NHS Lanarkshire’s sustainability team has put together a short survey to collect your views on NHS Lanarkshire’s proposed Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy. By answering a few short questions, your feedback will further shape the final version. View the...
