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...
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHO) is held annually on 17 May around the world to support equality for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) community. IDAHO is also an opportunity to expose and discourage the...
Candid series unveils everyday superheroes of frontline community service
A special series of feature articles has brought the lives, motivations and compassion of frontline community staff into sharp focus. In a campaign to support ongoing recruitment for South Lanarkshire Health and Social Partnership’s Care at Home service, members of...
A midwife’s blog
On Thursday 5 May midwives across the world will be celebrating International Day of the Midwife 2022. This time of celebration will reflect on progress in midwifery over the past 100 years. Below is a blog from Lorraine Begley, midwife at University Hospital Wishaw....
Paediatric nurse urges parents to consider vaccination for their children
A paediatric senior charge nurse at University Hospital Wishaw (UHW) is urging parents and guardians of children between the ages of 5 to 11 to consider booking an appointment for their child to receive the Covid vaccine, particularly those children classed as...
