A family presented the maternity unit at University Hospital Wishaw with a cheque for £6,250 for its bereavement fund. The Milton family raised the funds in memory of their daughter and sister Ellie who was stillborn last year. Vicky Grove, bereavement specialist midwife at University Hospital Wishaw, said: “We want to thank the Milton family […]

A group of staff from the vascular ward at University Hospital Hairmyres (UHH) helped raise an amazing £4,252 for the charity, Finding Your Feet. Finding Your Feet provides support to NHS Lanarkshire’s vascular patients who have undergone major lower limb amputations and recently purchased a Femurett – a piece of rehabilitation equipment to facilitate early […]

The first phase deployment of the new hospital electronic prescribing and medicines administration (HEPMA) system began in February by upgrading the existing pilot wards at University Hospital Monklands (UHM).  Following a short review period, the project advanced to full deployment and has made significant progress with all general inpatient wards at UHM now using the […]

Maternity staff at University Hospital Wishaw are issuing expecting parents with nurture ribbons as a reminder to think about their baby’s movements. Babies first movements usually occur between 16 and 24 weeks of pregnancy and every baby’s pattern of movement will be different. The nurture ribbons are intended as a prompt to take time out […]