The annual Walk for Health Challenge within Clydesdale Healthy Working Lives ran for seven weeks to the end of June. Teams of five took part in the walking challenge and this year 19 teams registered with 12 of them completing the full event. A grand total of 28,935,830 steps were taken over the seven weeks. The winners of […]

NHS Lanarkshire is concerned that the recent media coverage regarding our trauma and orthopaedic service has raised concerns for our patients and members of the public. We would like to assure patients, staff and the public that the decision taken by the Board was based on a compelling case for change now, in order to […]

NHS Lanarkshire has launched a consultation to give people their say on a new healthcare strategy. The strategy, called ‘Achieving Excellence’, sets out a number of proposals including: • Plans for a £400m project to replace or fully refurbish Monklands Hospital • the delivery of high quality specialist services in centres of excellence • increased […]

iPad minis can be borrowed for free from libraries at Hairmyres, Monklands and Wishaw  – 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 support their […]

Staff within acute services at Wishaw General Hospital are next to join in with iMatter – a new survey with a difference – which we’ve been rolling out over the past 18 months. The iMatter Continuous Improvement Model has been designed with the input of staff throughout NHS Scotland to help individuals, teams and health […]