Archive | News RSS feed for this section
Glasgow Pride - Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 July

Glasgow Pride – Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 July

Glasgow Pride will take place at Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 July. Staff wishing to attend the event (on Saturday 14 July) on behalf of NHS Lanarkshire can join the NHS Scotland Pride group. The parade will start at Clyde Place and make its way through the City Centre to Kelvingrove […]

Celebrating 70 years of the NHS in Lanarkshire

Celebrating 70 years of the NHS in Lanarkshire

1948 was a fantastic year in history. It was the year in which the first supermarket was established.  George VI was on the throne. The railway was nationalised. The Land Rover was unveiled for the first time and Prince Charles was born. Most importantly, 5 July 1948 was a momentous day for healthcare in Scotland. […]

pulseonline_georgeorwell

Staff pay tribute to Lanarkshire’s most famous patient

As part of NHS Lanarkshire’s 70th Anniversary, staff at University Hospital Hairmyres paid tribute to their most famous patient George Orwell. In a new video, staff outlined how his time in Hairmyres shaped his dystopian masterpiece, 1984. George Orwell was admitted to Hairmyres Hospital on Christmas Eve 1947 where he was an inpatient for seven […]

With a Little Help from my Friends

We’re proud to support an exciting new project to celebrate the NHS’s 70th birthday on 5 July, and we’re encouraging all members and staff to get behind it too. NHS Voices is bringing together NHS staff and leading music artists to record a special cover of the iconic Beatles’ track With a Little Help from […]

Free carnival arts workshops

Free carnival arts workshops

As part of the Cultural Festival 2018 that accompanies North Lanarkshire Council’s sports programme, family groups (kids to parents and grandparents) are being invited to Summerlee Museum, Coatbridge 24-27 July to work with carnival artist Ariel Killick between 10am and 3pm.  Ariel has previously developed carnival parade experiences over a series of three events in […]