A Gartcosh student is set to embark on the ultimate gap year, with a little help from Monklands Hospital’s travel clinic. Lucy Bryce is due to travel to Blantyre in Malawi, where she will volunteer with the Project Trust charity. The seventeen year old, will spend a year working in a children’s care home before […]

The Lanarkshire Beatson will be the smartest looking radiotherapy department in the country. That is according to Robert Scott, lead therapy radiographer, who will have day-to-day responsibility for operational issues at the satellite centre. Robert is a good judge, having worked in several centres in England before heading north last year. Robert said: “I am […]

Fundraising is key to the success of the Beatson Cancer Charity. The charity provides a comprehensive range of patient and family support services including patient wellbeing and complementary therapies provided through its unique and award-winning Wellbeing Centre. Charlene Elliott, head of fundraising said: “The charity offers incredible services to help support people with cancer and […]

If you haven’t thought about organ donation, then one woman’s story might encourage you to have a chat about it with your family and friends. Karen Casey, from Wishaw, said: “Approximately 30 years ago, I went to my GP as I had a pain in my right hand side. He sent me for tests and […]