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Lanarkshire Team Wins Patient Safety Award
NHS Lanarkshire has scooped a major national award at the Health Service Journal (HSJ) Patient Safety Awards 2025. The team took home the award for Maternity and Midwifery Services Initiative of the Year with its project ‘From Conception to Birth – A QI Journey...
Cabinet Secretary visits North Lanarkshire service ensuring patients remain in heart of their communities
An innovative service changing how people in North Lanarkshire recover in their own homes rather than staying in hospital today (Wednesday, 28 August) welcomed a visit from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care. Neil Gray MSP joined University Health &...
A glimpse into a future of robotic-assisted care in Blantyre
A world leading health and care facility in Lanarkshire is at the forefront in the early development of the next generation of robotics. Blantyre LIFE, a ground-breaking care development which opened last year, has already forged an international reputation for...
Active Wards
Supporting patients to remain as active as possible while in hospital by doing activities that are beneficial to them is extremely important. Active Wards is an initiative that aims to support people to be as active as possible while in hospital and encourages all...
RSV – Baby Ethyan’s Story
A woman who nearly lost her new born son after he contracted RSV (Respiratory syncytial virus) is urging pregnant women over 28 weeks to get their RSV vaccination. Fiona Walker gave birth to baby Ethyan six weeks early at University Hospital Wishaw. Ethyan got home...
NHS Lanarkshire welcomes record number of junior doctors
NHS Lanarkshire is pleased to announce the arrival of over eighty new junior doctors to its health board. A total of 81 first-year doctors participated in a comprehensive, week-long induction programme, with the number of inductees rising from 77 last year and 66 in...
Child Flu Programme
Dr Henry Prempeh, Health Protection Consultant and Immunisation Co-ordinator is urging parents and carers to ensure their child gets their flu vaccine this winter. The flu vaccine is usually given as a painless nasal spray and is a safe way to help protect your child...
