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New hospital garden opened to support children and young people’s mental health
NHS Lanarkshire has created a vibrant outdoor space to support the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people at Hamilton’s Udston Hospital. The health board’s Green Health Partnership (GHP) has teamed up with the Child and Adolescent Mental Health...
Lanarkshire Pre-Operative Assessment Team win award for innovation and improvement
The Pan Lanarkshire Pre-Operative Assessment Team, have won an award for innovation and improvement. The team, who won at NHS Lanarkshire’s Staff Awards 2023, assess and prepare patients for surgical procedures. The team aim to reduce risk of surgery cancellations,...
Inspirational health visitor wins award
An inspirational health visitor has won an NHS Lanarkshire Staff Award for their work within the community. Lorna Colquhoun, who won in the volunteer category, established the Airdrie charity ‘Bear Necessities’, which provides vital support and urgent essentials for...
Monklands Replacement Outline Business Case Approval
Exciting plans to replace University Hospital Monklands with a new landmark facility have taken a giant leap forward following Scottish Government approval of the outline business case. The approval gives NHS Lanarkshire and the people of Lanarkshire an extra special...
NHS Lanarkshire celebrate 75th anniversary of the NHS
NHS Lanarkshire has teamed up with partners at the University of Strathclyde to help celebrate the 75th anniversary of the NHS in Scotland. The NHS was created on 5th July 1948 and celebrates its 75th birthday on 5th July 2023. In a suite of videos, which have been...
Twenty years of Falls Service
It’s not just the NHS celebrating a landmark birthday this summer, as June marked twenty years of NHS Lanarkshire’s Specialist Falls Service. Based at Coathill Hospital in Coatbridge, this small multi-disciplinary team cover all areas of Lanarkshire. The team have...
Breastfeeding conference celebrates Scottish Breastfeeding Week
Parents, grandparents and staff from NHS Lanarkshire and partners came together at Lanarkshire’s annual Breastfeeding Conference to celebrate breastfeeding and Scottish Breastfeeding Week. The conference, which was held on Friday 9 June, helped to understand normal...
