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 Lanarkshire, residents and staff, to play a major role in shaping services for the future and to be involved in discussions about:
- factors that affect people’s health and wellbeing;
- ways in which NHS Lanarkshire can support local people to stay well;
- access to NHS Lanarkshire services
- the role of digital developments in healthcare.
Advances in medicines, technology and science provide opportunities to change and modernise the way we deliver care. There are also challenges that we need to plan for now.
To help treat and support those who need healthcare the most we need to maximise what we can provide within our resource. Local residents and staff need to play a vital role in shaping services that deliver modern healthcare.
Chris Deighan, NHSL Lanarkshire’s Executive Medical Director, said: “NHS Lanarkshire already delivers positive change for our patients and the local community.
“We need to be thinking now about how our services need to change and evolve. When patients interact with our services, this will be in a different way. We will also need our staff to change the way they deliver care.
“Our services are under more strain and this means there is a risk that some of our patients will not receive the quality of care we want to deliver. We need to take action to change this now and we want our local population to be involved in this process.”
How to get involved?
We will be engaging with staff and members of the public between April and June 2023, including two public meetings, one in May and one in June, and we will use the feedback to inform our strategy. We are aiming to have this complete by November 2023. You can find out more about Our Health Together and out how to get involved using the following link: https://www.nhslanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk/our-health-together/
Details on the public meetings will be issued over the coming weeks.
