Archive | February, 2017
Symposium for mental health

Symposium for mental health

The 2016 Lanarkshire Symposium for Mental Health and Learning Disabilities was held in the Strathclyde Hilton in Bellshill. The educational event, organised by Dr Khalid Nawab, clinical director in adult mental health, has become a regular feature in the clinical mental health calendar and regularly gets in excess of 100 health professionals from all over […]

Helping the public to make donations

Helping the public to make donations

We’ve made it even easier for people to make donations to NHS Lanarkshire’s endowment fund – and staff can help by giving advice to fundraisers. Their generous contributions – which amounted to over £150,000 last year – go into NHS Lanarkshire’s endowment fund, officially known as Lanarkshire Health Board Endowment Funds. To make it more […]

Make it e-asy to get your payslip

Make it e-asy to get your payslip

Have you signed up to receive your payslip electronically? Using epayslips instead of the traditional paper payslip is one of the easiest ways all staff can help NHS Lanarkshire meet its savings targets. Gordon Smith, head of finance and corporate services, said: “At the moment less than 10 per cent of our staff are using […]

Support Marie Curie this March

Support Marie Curie this March

Marie Curie offers care and support to people living with a terminal illness. In Lanarkshire, there are 61 nurses working 24/7 to provide hands-on care and emotional support to people in the local area. During March, Marie Curie will launch its annual Great Daffodil Appeal to raise awareness of their work. This year, ‘every daffodil […]