An innovative animated film which the police use to train their officers to gather more evidence on sexual offence crimes has won a Royal Television Society award. The short film ‘Trauma and the Brain’ created by NHS Lanarkshire’s Ending Violence Abuse (EVA) Service, won the Best in Animation and VFX (Visual Effects) category. The film […]

NHS Lanarkshire has welcomed a Healthcare Environment Inspectorate (HEI) report on Monklands Hospital. The HEI report was published following its unannounced inspection visits to Monklands Hospital on 16 and 17 March 2016. Calum Campbell, chief executive of NHS Lanarkshire, said: “Staff at Monklands Hospital work hard to provide a clean and safe environment for patients. […]

Senior school pupils have been encouraged to do their “SHARE” to help with vital medical research. In a Scottish first, representatives from SHARE (The Scottish Health Research Register) visited a Lanarkshire school to meet Sixth Year students and inspire them to sign up to the national programme, which seeks the support of people aged 16 […]

Wishaw General orthopaedic consultant Andrew MacDonald is taking on the challenge of the Great North Run after a family member was hit by serious illness. Andrew is hoping staff will support him by making a donation to spur him on – as they did last time he took on the same challenge. He said: “At […]

The family of the late philanthropist and human rights campaigner Leslie Wolfson have praised NHS Lanarkshire staff for the care they gave him through his final illness. Well-known lawyer Mr Wolfson was treated at Hairmyres Hospital in East Kilbride before his death in January at the age of 86. A member of the Wolfson family […]