The Evening Times ran an article about figures in a new report showing that women from Lanarkshire experience higher-than-average rates of stillbirth and neonatal deaths than other parts of Scotland. The region recorded the second-highest rate in Scotland with 6.42 deaths per 1,000 births. However it is worth noting that the figure of 7,096 Lanarkshire resident […]
Funding for care project
An initiative developed by NHS Lanarkshire with NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) has received a funding boost from an independent healthcare charity.
The Health Foundation is supporting the Lanarkshire pilot programme, which aims to improve patients’ experience in care homes by focusing on new approaches to continence care.
The team will develop its ideas and approach, put them into practice and gather evidence about how the innovation improves the quality of healthcare.
They will be led by NHS NSS nurse advisor Alice Macleod and NHS Lanarkshire associate nurse director Jean Donaldson, with NHS Lanarkshire director of nursing, midwifery and allied health professions Irene Barkby as executive sponsor.
Irene said: “Health and social care integration is now in place across Lanarkshire and our focus is on tailoring care and support around the individual.
“We’re committed to continuing improvement by sharing knowledge and expertise and looking at new, innovative ways of doing things. Patient safety is at the centre of everything we do.
“This programme embodies that ethos as it involves several partners working together and striving to create safer, healthier, independent lives for those in our care.”
The project will run for 15 months and will receive up to £75,000 of funding.
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