After 38 years’ service, planning manager Isobel Frize has retired. Isobel began her career with the NHS in 1979 when she was appointed as a clerical officer with the then Glasgow Health Board in the School Health Service, Northern District. In 1981, Isobel took up the post of deputy administrator at Glasgow’s Blawarthill Hospital before […]

Friends and colleagues paid a fond farewell to treatment room nurse Helen Dormer, who retired after a remarkable 40 years’ service. Helen, who was based at Carluke Community Health Centre, joined NHS Lanarkshire as an enrolled nurse in 1976. In 2001, after re-training as a registered general nurse, Helen joined Bank Aid, a post she […]

NHS Lanarkshire’s appointment team are reminding patients of the times when patients should expect to hear from them. The move is to reassure patients that they are speaking to a member of healthcare staff. The majority of first appointments will be sent by letter. However, there may be times when NHS Lanarkshire will telephone a […]

“Don’t be scared – just be prepared”. That’s the message from one of the revalidation pioneers among NHS Lanarkshire’s midwives. Charge midwife Alison Stark, who works on ward 22 at Wishaw General, said: “I buried my head in the sand, hoping it would go away, as I really didn’t know what it was all about. […]