Archive | January, 2016
Best foot forward with skills summit

Best foot forward with skills summit

Frontline health and social care staff have come together to participate in a ‘walk in my shoes’ skill sharing summit in South Lanarkshire. Among the aims of the Core Skills Training course was to ensure newly-recruited home care workers were equipped with a range of practical skills to support them in their day-to-day roles. The […]

Jean Devlin retires

Jean Devlin retires

Colleagues and family bid a fond farewell to Jean Devlin, management team secretary, who retired from NHS Lanarkshire in October after eight years service. Jean, who was part of the north-east unit at Netherton House, Wishaw, joined NHS Lanarkshire in 2007 as a management team secretary for the Motherwell locality based at Strathclyde Hospital, Motherwell, […]

Help make 2016 the year of listening

Help make 2016 the year of listening

Lanarkshire Breathing Space is encouraging locals to embrace a little Epictetus in 2016. The Greek philosopher said: “We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” He was reminding us all that you learn more through listening than talking. With 2016 being declared Scotland’s Year of […]

Shona McNally retires

Shona McNally retires

Healthcare assistant Shona McNally retired from NHS Lanarkshire in August after 34 years service. Shona, who was based at Douglas Street Community Health Clinic, joined NHS Lanarkshire on 4 May 1981 and worked at Lockhart Hospital in a full-time capacity for 10 years before having her daughter Rachel. Shona returned to work on a part-time […]