Judith Park, NHS Lanarkshire director of acute services and deputy chief executive, gives this week’s staff message. Judith is providing interim cover until our new chief executive, Jann Gardner, takes up the post in December.
Judith starts by providing an update on the Covid numbers and system pressures. Staff will be aware that strategic command meetings are taking place three times per week. Next week, the strategic command group are having a whole-system event about frailty as well as a further event to identify opportunities that will improve hospital flow.
Judith ends by urging staff to get their vaccinations. There are still appointments available in the Salus Departments of our three acute hospital sites who are providing dedicated vaccination clinics for staff who have not yet been able to receive their winter vaccines (flu and/Covid-19 booster).
Staff can book an appointment through the NHS Inform online booking portal at https://vacs.nhs.scot/csp. Choose the health and social care option after logging in and use the drop down menu to see the three sites.
The video can be accessed on Vimeo and YouTube using the links below:
- Vimeo – https://vimeo.com/772409740
- YouTube – https://youtu.be/Yk4aO5gDckE
