An innovative pilot project in the Motherwell locality is helping to improve homecare. Titled the Demonstrator Project, it brings together what were three community therapy teams – which includes the likes of physiotherapists, occupational therapists and support assistants – from health and North Lanarkshire Council social work, who assess all requests for rehabilitation or […]

A pilot initiative which has markedly improved the lives of people in care homes in Lanarkshire has won a prestigious UK award. The Care Home Continence Improvement project, developed by teams in NHS Lanarkshire and NHS National Services Scotland, triumphed in the highly-contested innovation category at the recent UK-wide GO awards which celebrate excellence in public […]

Through our pharmacists in practice work stream we now have GP Clinical Pharmacist (GPCP) support in 22 practices across Lanarkshire. Clinical pharmacists can help free up GP time and reduce practice prescribing budgets. The GPCP roles have developed in ways to suit each individual GP Practice with Pharmacists carry out a range of duties including […]