Training and support tools for suicide prevention and mental wellbeing
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day and staff are reminded that a wide range of training opportunities and practical resources are available to help support mental health and wellbeing in the workplace. Whether you’re a manager, a healthcare professional or...
Spiritual Care and Wellbeing Visit
This month members of our senior team and three of our non-executive Board members continued their planned visits to meet staff and hear about the ongoing work to improve the patient experience. Our director of nursing, Trudi Marshall, joined other members of the...
World Suicide Prevention Day – support available for staff
Staff across Lanarkshire are being reminded of the mental health and wellbeing support available to them ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day on Wednesday. This year’s global theme, Changing the Narrative on Suicide, calls for more open conversations about suicide...
A fond farewell to Alastair Boyle MBE, Vice-Chair of NHS Lanarkshire Board
Colleagues recently bid a fond farewell and a massive thank you to Alastair (Ally) Boyle MBE, NHS Lanarkshire non-executive Board member and Board Vice-Chair. Ally has taken up the role of Chair of Public Health Scotland after five years with NHS Lanarkshire,...
Tribute to Craig Cunningham on his retirement
Colleagues from across NHS Lanarkshire and beyond gathered on Friday for a special retirement event to celebrate the remarkable career of Craig Cunningham. The incredible size of the turnout at South Lanarkshire Council’s HQ was a clear reflection of the many lives...
Albert Yeung takes the helm as President of British Dental Association West of Scotland Branch
Consultant in Dental Public Health Albert Yeung has been elected President of the West of Scotland Branch of the British Dental Association (BDA), which represents dentists across Ayrshire, Argyll & Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dumfriesshire, Dunbartonshire,...
Health Boards join forces to develop a quit smoking in pregnancy campaign
NHS Lanarkshire’s Quit Your Way team has joined forces with Public Health Scotland, NHS 24, and health boards across the country to launch a new social media campaign encouraging pregnant women to quit smoking and raising awareness of the free support available to...
First Promise Development Officer Employed in Permanent Post
The Promise Scotland helps support the transformation of how Scotland cares for young people. NHS Lanarkshire is the first NHS Board in Scotland to have a permanent Promise Development Officer. Beth-Anne McDowall has joined NHS Lanarkshire who are committed to...
103 Medical Graduates Join Us On Their Journey to Become Doctors
We have welcomed 103 new foundation year 1 doctors who will play a vital role in supporting patient care, while gaining invaluable hands-on experience in hospitals and community settings across Lanarkshire These doctors have recently graduated from medical school and...
