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Shining light on ear surgery

Shining light on ear surgery

An NHS Lanarkshire trainee has been recognised at the second World Congress on Endoscopic Ear Surgery in Italy. Rhona Sproat won the ‘Young Doctors Competition Award’ for presenting a study on image quality and the effect of light in key hole endoscopic ear surgery. The study, supervised by Consultant ENT surgeon Dr Arun Iyer, examined […]

Team player Ross wins employee prize

Team player Ross wins employee prize

Ross Johnstone was honoured at Scotland’s first national Learning Disability Awards. The medical laboratory assistant at Monklands Hospital was awarded the Employee Recognition prize at the ceremony which is run by the Scottish Commission for Learning Disability. Ross said: “I was surprised to be nominated and I was over the moon to get the award. […]

MBE for our stroke care specialist Katrina

MBE for our stroke care specialist Katrina

An NHS Lanarkshire manager has been awarded an MBE for her outstanding services to stroke care in Scotland. Katrina Brennan, stroke MCN manager, has been given the prestigious award as part of the Queen’s Birthday honours list. Katrina, who lives in Coatbridge with her husband Michael and two children Jena and Jack, began her nurse […]

Thinking about mental health in the workplace

Thinking about mental health in the workplace

Today is World Mental Health Day and the theme this year is mental health in the workplace. To mark the occasion Healthy Working Lives has decided to deliver a campaign that highlights what support is available to our staff in NHS Lanarkshire. One in four adults are likely to have a mental health problem in […]

Charity ball success for The Haven

Charity ball success for The Haven

There was success for The Haven charity, which has a centre at Wishaw General, as their annual ball netted over £9000. The evening, hosted by DJ Steve McKenna in the Alona Hotel in Motherwell, was attended by over 170 guests, who enjoyed music from the Rock Choir and The Michael Brawley Big Band. Fizz, fun and fundraising filled […]