The NHS Credit Union is inviting all NHS staff to take advantage of its new budget loan offer. The NHS Credit Union offers affordable loans and a secure home for the savings of almost 13,000 NHS staff and their families across the country including hundreds in Lanarkshire. Those who join, and sign-up for payroll deduction, […]

A group of NHS Lanarkshire laboratory staff posted a big win in a poster competition at a major conference. Claire Richardson, Jacqueline McGuire, Evelyn McEwan, Janice McNicol and Betty Kyle scooped joint first prize for their poster detailing the recent major transformation of NHS Lanarkshire’s Blood Science Service. The triumph at the Scottish Healthcare Science […]

Know what you can use in your presentations and other communication methods and make sure you are not breaching copyright law. Knowledge Services can help you better understand the terms and conditions of NHS Scotland’s copyright licence, including what can be copied from printed documents and used from the web. An updated poster on copyright […]

When Andrew Jamieson was diagnosed with angina, Wishaw General’s cardiac rehabilitation nurses helped him get back on his feet. Wishaw General is one of the first hospitals in Scotland to fully integrated angina service, which cares for patients from diagnosis through to follow up care and lifestyle advice. The nurse-led service sees patients with angina […]

A new project is helping to reduce the number of people who suffer a cardiac arrest on Wishaw General’s cardiology ward. The pilot project, which is being carried out in ward 4, has seen a number of new procedures being introduced in a bid to halt a cardiac arrest in its tracks. The ward aims […]