As we enter a new financial year, all staff be expected to continue to deliver the same high-quality services during what will be one of the most challenging years for the public sector. Laura Ace, director of finance, said: “The NHS Lanarkshire requires an estimated efficiency saving of £43m will be needed to remain within […]

Improving figures for bowel screening in Lanarkshire gave a positive flavour to coverage in the Hamilton Advertiser, Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser, East Kilbride News and Rutherglen Reformer. NHS Lanarkshire achieved a key national target on cancer treatment waiting times in 2015, reported the Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser and the Wishaw Press, while a review of […]

A group of patients, who all had kidney transplants in 2015, joined forces with Lanarkshire Kidney Association on World Kidney Day to raise awareness of kidney health. The group, who held an information session at Monklands Hospital, highlighted the importance of identifying childhood kidney diseases. Karen Casey, from Wishaw, secretary of the Lanarkshire Kidney Patient […]

The Beating the Blues (BTB) programme has reached its 1000th patient – double the target it set itself when it launched in 2014. The impressive total was reached early this year and highlights how referrers and patients alike have embraced the ground breaking project which uses online cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to help treat people […]

NHS Lanarkshire has become one of the first health boards in Scotland to sign Scotland’s Charter for a Tobacco Free Generation. The charter aims to ensure that all children and young people are not exposed to the harmful effects of tobacco by 2034 and encourage the next generation of young people to choose not to […]