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Smart TVs bring families closer in South Lanarkshire care homes
Residents at a South Lanarkshire Council care home are seeing their loved ones in a whole new light – thanks to a pioneering digital inclusion project that’s turning televisions into lifelines for connection and care. David Walker Gardens Care Home in Rutherglen is...
Cast iron assurance for wellbeing of care home residents as consultation begins
The continued commitment of health and care leaders to the wellbeing of care home residents has been reaffirmed - as formal consultation on the future of Dewar House and McClymont House begins. At a special meeting on 18 October, South Lanarkshire's integration joint...
Lanarkshire staff take finalist places across national award categories
Exemplary care, compassion and professionalism in Lanarkshire are to be recognised at a prestigious national awards ceremony. A number of staff have been selected as finalists at the Scottish Health Awards, chosen from hundreds of nominees in a rigorous shortlisting...
NHS Lanarkshire welcomes new employee director
NHS Lanarkshire has extended a warm welcome to its new employee director and chair of staff side, Sylvia Stewart. Sylvia joined NHS Lanarkshire in 2000 as a specialist biomedical scientist and worked in the pathology department at the former Law Hospital as well as...
Plans supported to protect most vulnerable in face of brutal funding gap
Progress has been made as health and social care leaders continue to negotiate a brutally challenging budget gap. South Lanarkshire’s integration joint board (IJB) members, at a meeting yesterday (Wednesday 18 October), reaffirmed that the wellbeing, views and safety...
GIVIT alcohol and drug support
The GIVIT, commissioned by South Lanarkshire Alcohol and Drug Partnership, recently featured in the Carluke Gazette. Nobody thinks when they take their first drink or drug that they might end up needing to ask for support to overcome a problematic substance use issue....
Support service for veterans living in Lanarkshire receives coveted professional accreditation
A comprehensive support service for veterans living in Lanarkshire been awarded a coveted professional accreditation. Recognising compassionate and meaningful support – and a high level of compliance with rigorous quality standards –The Royal College of Psychiatrists...
