Rick Edwards and John Hughes are members of the Public Reference Forum Patient information and experience manager, Rick said: “The forum is an opportunity for open discussion between patient representatives and staff to generate ideas to shape future thinking and direction. John said: “I joined to help make things better for cancer service users. My […]

NHS Lanarkshire continues to make good progress in relation to hospital standardised mortality ratios (HSMR). There has been a reduction in HSMR rates across Lanarkshire, with all three acute hospitals performing better than the Scottish average. Dr Iain Wallace, NHS Lanarkshire medical director said: “We welcome the publication of the latest Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratio […]

Now available via The Knowledge Network on the web and to download to your mobile device, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) best practice is a decision-support tool for use at point of care. The resource is structured around the patient consultation covering diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention and presenting the required information just as it […]

The State Pension has changed for people who reach State Pension age on or after 6 April 2016. The new State Pension replaced the old basic and additional State Pension and brought an end to contracting out and the National Insurance rebate. Anne Mare Campbell, head of human resources (acute and property and support services […]

NHS Lanarkshire is launching an improvement programme and will embark on a campaign to improve the quality of prescribing practice by promoting the safe, effective and efficient use of medicines. The campaign will encourage all prescribers to work with patients to consider whether all medicines are contributing positively to a patient’s health and wellbeing. Prescribers […]