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Feet first in tackling mental health

Feet first in tackling mental health

Hairmyres Hospital hosted a walk to help change the way people think about mental health. The Walk a Mile event, arranged by Stigma Free Lanarkshire, brought together staff, patients and the public to help tackle mental health discrimination and break down barriers as they walk a mile in each other’s shoes. Its aim was to […]

Gardening therapy producing results

Gardening therapy producing results

Patients recovering from mental health difficulties in Motherwell have a further opportunity to become as independent as possible with the help of an allotment project launched by NHS Lanarkshire. Lee Samuel, specialist occupational therapist, said: “The allotment is part of patient’s therapeutic programme. We prescribe activity for patients to be involved in. “People with an […]

36.4% of staff have now had the flu vaccine

36.4% of staff have now had the flu vaccine

Well done to the 36.4% of staff who have already had their flu jab this year. The prizes have been getting bigger and better with each milestone. Each percentage goal that is met leads up to our bumper cash prize that will only be released if 40% of staff get vaccinated. So far, the prizes […]

Showing why quality counts

Showing why quality counts

Wishaw General Hospital held a quality improvement (QI) showcase event for trainee medical staff. The event highlighted work that had taken place during the last academic year. Mr Hakim BenYounes, chief of medical services at Wishaw General Hospital, said: “We had six high-class presentations of QI projects from medical trainees who used clinical audit data […]