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Patients and families praised for helping support vital hospital discharge programme
As health services experience sustained winter pressures, NHS Lanarkshire is using a system that helps patients get home as soon as possible and frees up vital capacity. The forward-thinking programme, Discharge without Delay (DwD), is run by NHS Lanarkshire supported...
Firebreak: reducing occupancy ahead of winter
This week will see the start of a short, targeted firebreak across the whole-system - community and acute sites. The focus will be as follows: Reducing our occupancy - even by a relatively small amount - can make a huge difference to our patients and staff. Reducing...
Dedicated Service Offering Patients the Right Care in the Right Place
A service which is supporting patients who need urgent or unscheduled care is working with colleagues to direct patients to the most appropriate service for their condition, so that they receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time. The Flow...
Belongings Boxes
A student nurse for care of older people is behind the pilot of a box which is being provided to every older person admitted to University Hospital Hairmyres (UHH) to hold their belongings. Joanne Kane, who is now fully qualified, was inspired when she attended a...
New Brain Injury Assessment and Rehabilitation Centre
Construction work has now finished to create a new dedicated Brain Injury Assessment and Rehabilitation Centre within Stonehouse Hospital. Staff will now take the next few weeks to make sure the centre, named the Briar Centre, is ready to accept patients ahead of its...
Lanarkshire health and care stars shine at national awards night
The excellence and professionalism of health and care services in Lanarkshire has shone at a glittering national award night. South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership Community Nurses (End of Life Care) emerged victorious in the highly competitive...
Annual Review 2023
Members of the public are invited to attend NHS Lanarkshire’s annual review on Thursday 16 November 2023 to hear about a range of developments to improve health services locally. The review will take place in the Medical Education & Training Centre, Kirklands...
