It is fair to say that there has been only one story which has dominated the headlines in Lanarkshire – and indeed much of the Scottish and UK media – this week. The news that nurse Pauline McCafferkey had to be readmitted to hospital following a complication with the Ebola she was treated for earlier this year, […]

This week saw NHS Lanarkshire praised for winning prestigious awards. The Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser and Wishaw Press highlighted that an innovative community group geared to helping people living with dementia has taken top honours at Scotland’s Dementia Awards. The Lanarkshire project saw a range of shops, services and businesses sign up to  support people […]

The retirement after 50 years of NHS Lanarkshire’s longest-serving employee, biomedical scientist Gordon Gilmour, was noted by the Evening Times, Wishaw Press and Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser. Also on the positive side, the same papers told how the public were involved in choosing possible new dishes for the inpatient menu during a food tasting event […]

There was mixed and varied coverage of NHS Lanarkshire in this week’s local newspapers with no specific general themes emerging. Among the topics captured were, a dietetic service pack which helps staff identify patients at risk of malnutrition, improvements in A&E waiting times, the launch of a new innovative text messaging system, an appeal to […]

It was a record week with regards to the number of positive articles appearing in the press. Sepsis awareness events and the good work being undertaken by the NHS Lanarkshire Reducing Harm Collaborative featured in the vast majority of the local newspapers. Likewise, the’ wee c’ campaign and stressing the importance of the #GetChecked initiative, […]