Keep family members and pets healthier by having a smoke-free home
To give family members and pets the healthiest life possible, NHS Lanarkshire’s Quit Your Way team is partnering with various Lanarkshire vet surgeries, to raise awareness of the harms of second-hand smoke to children and family members at home, including pets....
Big thank you for taking part in Quality Week
Quality Week 2022 proved to be a real success with almost 700 people taking advantage of the learning and development sessions throughout the week. Elizabeth Currie, Quality Programme Manager with the Quality Directorate said: “We would like to thank everyone for...
Celebrating the work of carers across South Lanarkshire
Carers Week takes place 6-12 June. As well as raising awareness of caring, it highlights the challenges carers face and recognises the contribution they make to families and communities. The theme for Carers Week 2022 is ‘Make caring visible, valued and...
New series of Tiny Lives
Next Monday (13 June) the first episode of the second series of Tiny Lives will air on BBC1 at 8.30pm. The second series shows the remarkable work of the staff in University Hospital Wishaw’s neonatal unit and their tireless efforts to care and treat the most...
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...
