Visitors were given a flavour of the Monklands Hospital inpatient menu at a special tasting session this week. Catering manager Tracey Eyre said: “It was excellent and was well attended by both staff and visitors. “We had great feedback with around 25 questionnaires completed. “Both staff and visitors really enjoyed the fare, with the mac […]

NHS Lanarkshire is improving patient safety and quality of care in a two phased restructuring of its trauma and orthopaedics service. The improvements are being made following feedback from Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS), the Scottish Government Peer Review process Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT), the General Medical Council (GMC) and NHS Education for Scotland […]

The fight against cancer in Lanarkshire was highlighted at an event marking the success of a special programme to tackle the disease. NHS Lanarkshire hosted the meeting to celebrate the work of the Lanarkshire Cancer Strategy, a partnership between the health board and the two Lanarkshire councils, Macmillan Cancer Support, Maggie’s cancer support charity, the […]

NHS Lanarkshire’s drive to improve patient safety was highlighted at a showpiece celebration event. The health board marked the end of the first phase of its Patient Safety Collaborative at the gathering, which was opened by chief executive Calum Campbell. Calum said: “Patient safety is without doubt our number one priority. The goal is to […]

After a remarkable 41 years’ service, health and social work manager Richard Burgon has retired. Richard began his career with the NHS in September 1974 when he was appointed as area administrative trainee with Fife Health Board. After completing his training, Richard took up the post of higher clerical officer in August 1976 at Victoria […]