In 2016, Linzi Shields was appointed as a student pharmacy technician with the pharmacy department at University Hospital Wishaw (UHW). To qualify as a pharmacy technician, and enable her to register with the General Pharmaceutical Council, Linzi studied towards a national qualification and SVQ level three in pharmacy services. In June 2019, Linzi qualified and […]

The mental health nursing staff in ward 24 at University Hospital Monklands (UHM) were ecstatic to collect an award at this year’s Staff Awards ceremony in the category for ‘Outstanding Team – Clinical’. The category nomination was for teams that go that extra mile to deliver outstanding services. The team demonstrated excellent team working that […]

NHS Lanarkshire is pleased to announce the appointment of Jackie McColl as deputy director of communications. Jackie joined the NHS communications team in July having previously worked as communications director at Mary’s Meals International. She brings with her a wealth of experience in strategic communications, PR and marketing. Jackie said: “I am extremely excited to […]

Moira Blake, hotel services catering assistant at Kirklands Headquarters, Bothwell retired in August after 18 years’ service. Moira worked for the hotel services catering department at Kirklands Headquarters since joining NHS Lanarkshire.  She had varied roles, including working in the main kitchen, dining room, Kylepark assessment kitchen and latterly Kirklands coffee shop where she remained […]