An innovative project geared to helping people living with dementia has taken top honours at a prestigious national award ceremony. Lanarkshire Mosque & Muslim Community Project triumphed in the Best Dementia Friendly Community Initiative at Scotland’s Dementia Awards. The event showcases creativity, innovation and dedication making a real difference to the daily lives of people […]

Salus has become one of the first organisations in the UK to be independently assessed by the BSI (British Standards Institution) and achieve certification to the recently revised Quality Management Systems Standard, ISO 9001:2015. Mark Kennedy, Salus general manager, said: “ISO 9001 has provided reassurance to us and our clients for many years that quality […]

Three generous NHS Lanarkshire staff and one of their friends have raised over £2000 for cancer care. They organised a charity disco and raffle, themed around St Andrew’s Day, and made £2220. The sum will be split between Cancer Research UK and the Maggie’s Centre at Monklands Hospital in Airdrie, which supports people with cancer […]

Wishaw General is the first hospital in Scotland to join an initiative to help patients with dementia. The hospital has become part of John’s Campaign, which supports people with dementia by ensuring they are surrounded by familiar faces around the clock by letting their carers stay with them on the ward. The initiative was introduced […]

iPad minis can be borrowed for free from libraries at Hairmyres, Monklands and Wishaw General Hospitals – as well as from Health Improvement at Law House. With this new equipment, Knowledge Services aim to offer all staff at NHS Lanarkshire better access to e-book collections and a wide range of tools, databases and resources to […]