NHS Lanarkshire Careers

A University Hospital Wishaw volunteer has won an NHS Lanarkshire Staff Award for his work helping patients within the hospital. Robert Bogan, who jointly won in the volunteer category, has worked between the emergency department and as a front of house volunteer. In...

A new research study aiming to tackle the number of children breathing in second-hand smoke at home is launching in Lanarkshire. The study, which is being led by researchers at the University of Stirling in partnership with NHS Lanarkshire and the University of...

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,...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...