NHS Lanarkshire has featured on a variety of media outlets recently – here are the highlights.
Media coverage: The Queen has awarded the George Cross medal to the NHS as recognition of its ‘courage, compassion and dedication’ during the pandemic.
Eleanor Grant, palliative care nurse specialist from University Hospital Wishaw, received the award at Windsor Castle along with Caroline Lamb, chief executive of NHS Scotland. The George Cross medal is the highest award bestowed by the British government for ‘acts of the greatest heroism’. This is only the third time the honour has been presented to an organisation. The story has generated lots of media coverage, being featured in news reports such as BBC News (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62136262) and the Scottish Government website (https://www.gov.scot/news/nhs-receives-george-cross/).
National Broadcast: The national broadcast of ‘Tiny Lives’ on the BBC received a great response from the public. The programme featured the maternity unit at University Hospital Wishaw and explores the hard work and compassion from staff as they care for the most vulnerable babies.
Watch Tiny Lives on BBC iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000922v/tiny-lives
Health Awareness: Scottish Breastfeeding Awareness Week took place during June, including the breastfeeding conference attended by many of our key partners. This provided an opportunity to celebrate the work being done to support, protect and promote breastfeeding in Scotland, as statistics show that rates of long-term breastfeeding in the region are on the rise.
Read the breastfeeding release here: https://www.nhslanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk/news-breastfeeding-week-2022/
Thanks to everyone who has been involved in working with our communications team to deliver these stories.
If you have a story for the team, please email media@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
