There were celebrations for NHS Lanarkshire’s Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) service at the Scottish Education Awards. Along with North Lanarkshire Council, SLT staff were winners of the prize for Raising Attainment in Literacy. The award came for their work at Redburn School in Cumbernauld, where pupils have a range of complex learning and/or physical […]

Colleagues gathered to pay a fond farewell to Teresa Rennie, who retired after 39 years’ service. The Macmillan lead haematology-oncology nurse joined NHS Lanarkshire in 1977 when she trained as a nurse at Stonehouse Hospital. On completing her training, Teresa moved to Monklands Hospital’s coronary care unit and later attended night school to become a […]

After 39 years’ service, senior charge nurse Margaret Douglas, retired from NHS Lanarkshire. Margaret, who was based within ward seven at Wishaw General Hospital, joined NHS Lanarkshire in 1977 as a student nurse at Law Hospital. On completing her training, Margaret moved to the then Bellshill Maternity where she trained in midwifery before transferring to […]

Family, friends and colleagues gathered to pay a fond farewell to John McLean, technical services manager, who retired from NHS Lanarkshire after a remarkable 42 years’ service. John, who was attached to the Property and Support Services Division (PSSD) at Law House, joined NHS Lanarkshire in 1974 when he was appointed as assistant hospital engineer […]

An NHS Lanarkshire nurse has raised over £4000 for colleagues who helped save the life of her little girl after she was struck by a flesh-eating bug. Katie Groome said a one-in-a-million chance saw her daughter, also called Katie, develop deadly necrotising fasciitis after having chickenpox. Katie, a staff nurse at Udston Hospital in Hamilton, […]