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 […]
Our first 10 scrub up well
University Hospital Wishaw has 10 new theatre associate practitioners.
The staff, who were previously clinical support workers, completed an innovative training programme in partnership with Borders College to enable them to progress.
Frances Dodd, acute divisional nurse director, said: “Between them, cohort one has over 80 years of theatre experience already.
“Offering existing experienced theatre clinical support workers a chance to progress in their role provides an opportunity for our own staff to grow and develop. These new posts are the first cohort through our theatre academy and they will boost the number of scrub staff that we have.”
Yvonne Anderson, who is one of the new band four assistant practitioners, said: “I have worked for the health service since I was 17, so it is quite a number of years.
“I joined nine other band fours on this journey, there has been laughter and tears but we all got each other through it. We are all proud of ourselves.”
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