The Board of NHS Lanarkshire has approved the Initial Agreement (IA) to rebuild or refurbish Monklands Hospital. The IA was developed after the Scottish Government welcomed the proposal from NHS Lanarkshire to embark on the process of seeking funding for the redevelopment of the hospital. Colin Sloey, director of strategic planning and performance, said: “We […]

The Infection Prevention and Control Team (IPCT) welcomed Abigail Mullings and Alistair Leonard from the HAI Policy Unit at the Scottish Government. The visit was to provide an update on the progress of the IPCT work plan following changes to the service and showcase achievements such as improved surveillance processes together with the introduction of […]

NHS Lanarkshire staff will be the stars in a ‘soap opera’ to help promote hand hygiene. The message above was used to recruit our soap stars. The staff volunteered to feature in three videos which are part of the infection prevention and control team’s hand hygiene campaign. The first video is set to be released in […]

NHS Lanarkshire’s Healthy Working Lives (HWL) would like to thank staff who took the time to complete the Healthy Working Lives employee wellbeing survey. A fantastic 2488 responses were received. Based on the feedback, HWL has now produced a short summary report which also includes a list of the Fitbit winners. To view the report, […]