NHS Lanarkshire and North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships are leading a national programme, on behalf of the Scottish Government, to improve the response to people who present at front line services in distress. The Distress Brief Intervention (DBI) Programme is a four year initiative which emerged from the Scottish Government’s work […]

Health and Social Care North Lanarkshire’s news bulletin IN FiVE was shortlisted for Best Staff Newsletter at this year’s NHS Scotland Communication Awards. IN FiVE was recognised for being clearly linked to the original objective – there’s five succinct sections, taking around five minutes to read, watch and enjoy. It’s interactive, compatible and relevant to […]

Kello Hospital in Biggar is the latest site in Lanarkshire to join a groundbreaking initiative to help patients living with dementia. The hospital has become part of John’s Campaign, which supports people with dementia by ensuring they are surrounded by familiar faces around the clock by letting their family and carers stay with them on […]

A young couple have marked what would have been their daughter’s 10th birthday – by quietly touching hearts across the nation with a campaign of kindness. Liann and Colin Weir’s first born daughter, Emily, arrived 15 weeks prematurely, on 6 October 2006. A week into her life, she developed serious complications and, tragically, little Emily […]