Paul O’Neill never sits on the sidelines – he runs them as a top-level referee’s assistant. Paul (pictured above left) is head of healthcare at Shotts Prison, where he’s worked for the past 11 years. He manages healthcare services for 535 long-term prisoners. Paul’s also a specialist assistant referee (development) with the Scottish Football Association (SFA). […]

The IT team continues to expand the number of locations that have wi-fi access. A total of 17 sites are currently wi-fi enabled as well as the Salus bases in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Ayr. Head of infrastructure Stuart Graham said: “We continue to improve our IT infrastructure and there are NHS bases right across Lanarkshire […]

We scored a triple success at the first ever Quality Improvement Awards. The Quality Improvement Champion Award went to improvement advisor midwife Cheryl Clark. Cheryl teaches quality improvement by example and has achieved results. She was pivotal to the work of our Reducing Harm Collaborative and has strengthened quality improvement in the neonatal unit. She […]

Action being taken to promote and protect health and wellbeing and prevent illness is highlighted in a new in-depth report. The latest NHS Lanarkshire Annual Report of the Director of Public Health looks back at key events and issues during 2015/16. NHS Lanarkshire director of public health Dr Harpreet Kohli said: “Among the issues discussed […]