There was plenty of positive coverage about our campaigning and awareness work this week. The Hamilton Advertiser told how Lanarkshire hospitals are gearing up to celebrate World Sepsis Day with a series of awareness events next week to highlight work being carried out to cut the rates of the deadly infection. A number of local […]

The first week in September was a mixed bag in the press The Carluke and Lanark Gazette, Hamilton Advertiser and Airdrie and Coatbride Advertiser highlighted that this year’s Annual Review had a record number of attendances. The Evening Times and Hamilton Advertiser featured a story that two projects to help people living with dementia have […]

The last week in August was a busy one for NHS Lanarkshire in the press. The papers were packed with the good work that NHS Lanarkshire is doing to improve the health of people living in Lanarkshire. Stories included a pack which will help dietetic staff to identify patients at risk of malnutrition to enable […]

It was a mixed bag in this week’s news headlines. Linda Fabiani MSP praised staff at Hairmyres Hospital for the performance in reducing delayed discharge and the improved waiting times at Hairmyres Hospital. However, NHS Lanarkshire was one of three boards that failed to meet the four hour waiting times target. To mark World Hepatitis […]

Last week’s news saw NHS Lanarkshire in the national headlines following the publication of the Ombudsman’s report into a year-long delay in informing a patient of his prognosis. This story featured in the Evening Times, The Herald and on Evening Times Online and BBC News Online. Anyone reading the story couldn’t fail to be shocked […]