Archive | August, 2015

St Andrew’s Hospice charity football match

A charity football match between the Hospice Heroes and Dukla Pumpherston, a well-known charity team of ex-footballers and sports personalities, will take place at 2pm on Sunday 16 August at Castle Park, Blantyre (home of Blantyre Victoria football club). There will be food, drinks, raffles and a chance to socialise after the match in the […]

NHS Lanarkshire staff and health services are preparing to move to the new Houldsworth Centre in Wishaw.

NHS Lanarkshire staff and health services are preparing to move to the new Houldsworth Centre in Wishaw.

NHS Lanarkshire staff and health services are preparing to move to the new Houldsworth Centre in Wishaw. The £23million joint health and council community facility has been handed over and health services will be operational from Monday 17 August. Colin Sloey, NHS Lanarkshire executive director for strategic planning and performance, said: “A lot of hard […]

Healthy Hot Topics - Young People’s Participation Event

Healthy Hot Topics – Young People’s Participation Event

Around 30 young people from north and south Lanarkshire schools participated in an event about health and their experiences of health services. Ashley Goodfellow, public health specialist, said: The young people took part in four workshops to tell us what their health concerns and information needs were and the best way of providing information. “They […]

Hospital at Home’s expert advice to South American earthquake zone

Hospital at Home’s expert advice to South American earthquake zone

Lanarkshire’s Hospital at Home team is courting interest from the furthest reaches of the globe – including an earthquake-stricken region of Chile. The specialist emergency team, which has recently expanded in Lanarkshire and provides hospital-level care in older people’s own homes, has been subject to growing national and international attention. This includes liaising with healthcare […]

It was a mixed bag in this week’s news headlines.

It was a mixed bag in this week’s news headlines. Linda Fabiani MSP praised staff at Hairmyres Hospital for the performance in reducing delayed discharge and the improved waiting times at Hairmyres Hospital. However, NHS Lanarkshire was one of three boards that failed to meet the four hour waiting times target. To mark World Hepatitis […]