Archive | December, 2017
Curtain call for theatre support

Curtain call for theatre support

Ten clinical support workers are taking part in an innovative training programme in partnership with Borders College. Once complete they will become qualified theatre associate practitioners. Fiona Cowan, senior nurse, said: “We are excited to introduce associate practitioners to our theatre department at Wishaw General. new posts are the first cohort throughout theatre academy and […]

Sign of the times

Sign of the times

The Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) team won an award for best poster presentation at the Infection Prevention Society in Manchester in September 2017. IPC nurse Nicola McLean (left) collected the award for the poster on the topic of ‘Vascular access device system assessment – a vital step before attempting system improvement’. Nicola received the […]

‘Modernising Outpatients Using Attend Anywhere’ event – Friday 15 December

‘Modernising Outpatients Using Attend Anywhere’ event – Friday 15 December

An event entitled ‘Modernising Outpatients Using Attend Anywhere’ will be held on Friday 15 December at the Tontine Building, Glasgow School of Art, 20 Trongate, Glasgow from 10.30am to 3pm. The joint event will support and promote the use of video consulting as a tool to re-design outpatient services. The event will feature: an update […]

Nutritional care policy reminder for all

NHS Lanarkshire has a food, fluid and nutritional care (FFNC) policy which applies to all patients in both community and acute hospital setting. Frances Dodd, food, fluid and nutrition steering group chair, said: “This policy seeks to drive quality and improvements in the nutrition and hydration of patients. The policy aims to support all staff […]