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Heading into 2016 with health goals at the ready

Heading into 2016 with health goals at the ready

As a health promoting health service, NHS Lanarkshire aims to encourage everyone to make positive health choices. Find out how NHS Lanarkshire can support your healthy choice in 2016 through initiatives like Healthy Working Lives. A poll in January 2015 found that the top five resolutions people made at the start of last year were: […]

Patient safety successes celebrated

NHS Lanarkshire has held its fifth patient safety learning session and has celebrated the successes that have been made to date. The learning sessions have taken place as a major part of the organisations patient safety collaborative. The collaborative aims to ensure that NHS Lanarkshire is the safest health and care system in Scotland. Jane […]

Renewed pride in our values

Renewed pride in our values

Irene Barkby, director of nursing, midwifery and allied health professionals (NMAHP), is another of the senior managers who has joined NHS Lanarkshire within the past 12 months. Irene said: “I look back at the past year with appreciation and pride. “The NMAHP community and my corporate team have been extremely welcoming and supportive at a […]

Healthcare strategy focus

Healthcare strategy focus

After arriving at NHS Lanarkshire, director of acute services Heather Knox set about improving A&E waiting times by focusing much of her time for the first two months at Hairmyres Hospital. She said: “We’ve made very good progress at Hairmyres and can show a real improvement. Monklands Hospital has improved as well and site director […]

Hitting our care targets

Hitting our care targets

Chief Executive, Calum Campbell has the first year in charge of the third largest health board in Scotland under his belt. Working with his team of directors, the former nurse, health visitor and professional footballer, wants to make sure NHS Lanarkshire ‘hits the target’ and ‘tops the league’ as the best performing health board in […]