Two health visitors are celebrating after the first students they taught put in a top class performance. Eleanor Calderwood and Angela Wardlaw, based at Blantyre Health Centre, were delighted when students Susan Lambie and David Stewart received awards. Following tutoring from Eleanor and Angela at the health centre, Susan and David were top of the […]

Marie Carroll-Smith has been chosen as Scotland’s top midwife – and now she’s competing to be the UK’s best. Marie, who works at Wishaw General Hospital, has been honoured as the Emma’s Diary Mums’ Midwife of the Year 2016 for the Scottish region. The award is one of The Royal College of Midwives’ (RCM) Annual […]

iPad minis can be borrowed for free from libraries at Hairmyres, Monklands and Wishaw General Hospitals – as well as from Health Improvement at Law House. With this new equipment, Knowledge Services aim to offer all staff at NHS Lanarkshire better access to e-book collections and a wide range of tools, databases and resources to […]

Frontline health and social care staff have come together to participate in a ‘walk in my shoes’ skill sharing summit in South Lanarkshire. Among the aims of the Core Skills Training course was to ensure newly-recruited home care workers were equipped with a range of practical skills to support them in their day-to-day roles. The […]

Lanarkshire Breathing Space is encouraging locals to embrace a little Epictetus in 2016. The Greek philosopher said: “We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” He was reminding us all that you learn more through listening than talking. With 2016 being declared Scotland’s Year of […]