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Listening to patients: eTriage information refreshed
NHS Lanarkshire has refreshed its public information for the digital eTriage system, following feedback gathered from patients and visitors across its three acute hospital sites. eTriage is a digital clinical tool used in NHS Lanarkshire’s Emergency Departments. It...
MRP first Future Friday
NHS Lanarkshire’s Monklands Replacement Project (MRP) is looking to the future. The MRP team held their first ‘Future Fridays’ event – with 30 young people from local schools attending to find out more about plans for the new hospital. Fiona Cowan, MRP clinical lead...
Public urged to plan ahead of upcoming holidays
The Lanarkshire public are reminded to access the right care at the right place and ensure they have an adequate supply of prescription medication ahead of the upcoming public holidays. GP practices are closed on Monday 1 May as well as on the following Monday (8 May)...
Our Health Together – Living Our Best Lives
The engagement to inform NHS Lanarkshire’s new healthcare strategy ‘Our Health Together’ launches today and gives our communities and those who work in the service the chance to shape how we deliver healthcare for future generations. Now is the time for everyone in...
Hospital gardening project sowing seeds of improvement in patient mental health
A local MSP saw first-hand last week (Tuesday, 11 April) the budding success of NHS Lanarkshire’s Green Health Partnership (LGHP) in empowering and supporting patients. Collette Stevenson MSP, Member of the Scottish Parliament for East Kilbride, visited the food...
Support services at University Hospital Wishaw to be provided in-house from May
NHS Lanarkshire has made arrangements to provide a range of contracted support services at University Hospital Wishaw in-house from the beginning of May 2023. NHS Lanarkshire is delighted to confirm that they have reached an agreement with Summit Healthcare Limited...
Special visit was ‘neigh’ bother
Staff at University Hospital Hairmyres organised a very special visit. Physiotherapist, Fiona MacDonald, arranged for two police horses to visit Eleanor Dempster. This is because Eleanor was one of the first female officers appointed to the mounted branch of Glasgow...
