Archive | October, 2017
Secondment Opportunity - Infection Prevention and Control Surveillance Nurse

Secondment Opportunity – Infection Prevention and Control Surveillance Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Infection Prevention and Control (ICP) team for a three- month period as a surveillance nurse (Band 6). For further details please see IPCT secondment notice. For informal enquiries, please contact Anne Leitch or Claire Mitchell on 01698 366309. The closing date for notes of interest is Monday […]

Blood specialist Betty's expertise is recognised

Blood specialist Betty’s expertise is recognised

One of Lanarkshire’s foremost blood transfusion experts has been awarded a prestigious Life Membership by the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS). The honour for senior chief biomedical scientist Betty Kyle, who is based at Wishaw General Hospital, was announced at the Institute’s annual general. IBMS president Ian Sturdgess said: “The Institute is truly grateful to […]

Shining light on ear surgery

Shining light on ear surgery

An NHS Lanarkshire trainee has been recognised at the second World Congress on Endoscopic Ear Surgery in Italy. Rhona Sproat won the ‘Young Doctors Competition Award’ for presenting a study on image quality and the effect of light in key hole endoscopic ear surgery. The study, supervised by Consultant ENT surgeon Dr Arun Iyer, examined […]

Team player Ross wins employee prize

Team player Ross wins employee prize

Ross Johnstone was honoured at Scotland’s first national Learning Disability Awards. The medical laboratory assistant at Monklands Hospital was awarded the Employee Recognition prize at the ceremony which is run by the Scottish Commission for Learning Disability. Ross said: “I was surprised to be nominated and I was over the moon to get the award. […]

MBE for our stroke care specialist Katrina

MBE for our stroke care specialist Katrina

An NHS Lanarkshire manager has been awarded an MBE for her outstanding services to stroke care in Scotland. Katrina Brennan, stroke MCN manager, has been given the prestigious award as part of the Queen’s Birthday honours list. Katrina, who lives in Coatbridge with her husband Michael and two children Jena and Jack, began her nurse […]