Lanarkshire residents have been full of praise for student dentists and nurses who put smiles back on their faces. They have been beneficiaries of a unique initiative at NHS Lanarkshire’s Dental Outreach Centre in the Buchanan Centre, Coatbridge, which gives people not registered with a dentist the chance to get a course of dental treatment […]

A dental project carried out in NHS Lanarkshire has won a national award and was shortlisted for an international one after working to improve the oral health of children with physical disabilities and/or sensory or learning impairments. The Special Smiles Dental Project, a collaboration between NHS Lanarkshire and Action for Sick Children Scotland (ASCS), won […]

Staff should be ALERT. Working for the NHS means we are more likely to be in contact with someone who is experiencing emotional distress or at risk of suicidal ideas. The signs can be ambiguous in nature which can make it difficult to see them and staff have a very important part to play in […]

Angela Feeney, a podiatrist at Newmains Health Centre, is among generous residents of Wishaw and surrounding areas who are working together to provide aid for Syrian refugees stranded in France. Angela is an organiser of the Wishaw to Calais appeal, which has been inundated by donations from across the west of Scotland. She said: “I’ve […]