Archive | February, 2018
Maggie's Kitchen Table Day

Maggie’s Kitchen Table Day

Get your family, friends and colleagues together around your kitchen table on Friday 27 April in aid of Maggie’s Lanarkshire. Whether it is an awesome afternoon tea, a spectacular supper or holding a book club, it is time to get together and have fun to help Maggie’s Lanarkshire help people with cancer. If Friday 27 […]

Inside Outside - The sex industry in Scotland

Inside Outside – The sex industry in Scotland

A multi-media exhibition of art, photography, video and audio installations based on and featuring the voices and stories of women involved in prostitution in Scotland will take place in the Caird Building, University of the West of Scotland, Almada Street, Hamilton as follows: Tuesday 6 March, noon-6pm Wednesday 7 March, 10am-6pm Powerful and hard hitting, […]

Maternity and neonatal annual memorial service – Saturday 3 March

Maternity and neonatal annual memorial service – Saturday 3 March

NHS Lanarkshire’s women’s services, maternity and neonatal annual memorial service, led by the spiritual care, midwifery and neonatal team, will take place on Saturday 3 March at 1pm in the sanctuary, level one, University Hospital Wishaw. The memorial service provides an opportunity for parents, families, friends and care providers to come together to remember babies […]

A world of walks - all in the aid of heart health

A world of walks – all in the aid of heart health

Cardiac patients treated at University Hospital Hairmyres took part in a national walking challenge, which saw them virtually trek across Europe. The challenge, which marked World Heart Day, saw Hairmyres patients clocking up 7,603,879 steps and walking across Europe from east to west. The national ‘World Heart Day 2017 Team’, made up of cardiac patients […]

Badger celebrates a first successful year

Badger celebrates a first successful year

It is a year from the implementation of this electronic record for women which records all their care throughout their pregnancy, delivery and postnatal care. Maternity staff celebrated the occasion with a ‘Badger’s birthday’ on 31 October. Lyn Clyde, chief midwife/operational manager, said: “During the last year there have been a significant number of changes […]