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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...
New community garden opened at University Hospital Wishaw
Relaxing, planting flowers or vegetables or having a cuppa: these are just some of the activities on the menu at the newly opened King George V Community Garden. The ribbon was cut yesterday on the new greenspace at University Hospital Wishaw as part of the Green...
Volunteer with NHS Lanarkshire
NHS Lanarkshire is set to welcome dedicated volunteers who will help provide excellent support to the people of Lanarkshire. As part of an innovative recruitment drive, those with an interest in helping with NHS Lanarkshire are being encouraged to volunteer to support...
International Nurses Day: Our Nurses, Our Future
Today, every nurse across Lanarkshire and beyond is being offered thanks from NHS Lanarkshire’s Executive Nurse Director ahead of International Nurses Day 2024 this Sunday. Eddie Docherty, Executive Nurse Director, has offered a personal thank you to nurses across the...
Graduates of District Nursing trainee programme to strengthen exemplary care provision
Award-winning community services in South Lanarkshire have been bolstered by the latest intake of qualified District Nurses (DNs). Over the last three years, South Lanarkshire University Health and Social Care Partnership has welcomed a total of 20 DNs into its local...
Low Waters Medical Centre
Low Waters Medical Centre in Hamilton has been affected by IT system difficulties. Engineers from NHS Lanarkshire, as well as external telecoms suppliers, continue to work on site to resolve the problems. Dr Mark Russell, Medical Director of South Lanarkshire...
Please don’t visit relatives in hospital if you feel unwell
NHS Lanarkshire is asking hospital visitors to please avoid visiting relatives and friends in hospital if they are feeling unwell. The plea aims to curb any spread of contagious viral illnesses to help protect patients and staff and keep our hospitals safe. Ruth...
