Archive | March, 2018
Retirement of Lorraine Smith

Retirement of Lorraine Smith

Lorraine Smith, cardiology secretary at University Hospital Hairmyres, retired from NHS Lanarkshire in October after 22 years’ service. Lorraine joined NHS Lanarkshire in April 1995 as a ward clerkess in the medical unit in Hairmyres Hospital and, in October 2007, took up the post of cardiology secretary, a post she held until her retirement. Lorraine […]

Retirement of Jenny Butchart

Retirement of Jenny Butchart

After 41 years’ service, senior nurse Jenny Butchart retired from NHS Lanarkshire in December. Jenny, who was part of the East Kilbride and Strathaven locality, began her nurse training in 1976 at Glasgow Victoria Infirmary. In 1987, Jenny joined community nursing where she cared for the people of East Kilbride. During this time she progressed […]

Challenging myths around poverty

Challenging myths around poverty

South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership (SLH&SCP) has reinforced its commitment to challenging poverty – by signing up to the Poverty Alliance’s Pledge. The Poverty Alliance aims to combat poverty by effecting change in the policies, practices and beliefs of communities, policy makers, professionals and the general public. The Alliance is already active in Lanarkshire […]

Partnership website launched

Partnership website launched

South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership’s (SLHSCP) all new user-friendly platform – to be found at www.slhscp.org.uk – has been set up to provide a wealth of information, news and essential links. The public-facing website has been developed, first and foremost, as a tool and resource to facilitate our vision: working together to improve […]

New name, same great service

New name, same great service

The Addiction Recovery Team (ART) has replaced North Lanarkshire Integrated Addiction Service (NLIAS). It was agreed to rebrand the integrated addiction service in Health and Social Care North Lanarkshire, following an exercise by NLIAS to identify service challenges that it wanted to address. The biggest challenge identified was the lack of service visibility with reduced […]