Colleagues gathered to pay a special farewell to Jackie Farnell, team leader (medical), who retired after 35 years’ service. Jackie, who was based within the physiotherapy department at Wishaw General Hospital, started working as a physiotherapy helper in June 1982 at Monklands Hospital.  On qualifying from Queens College in Glasgow, Jackie secured her basic grade […]

There was a double celebration when Frances Burke and Elizabeth (Betty) Hill retired. Both Frances (pictured right), a palliative nurse specialist, and Betty, a charge nurse, were attached to the renal services at Monklands Hospital and, between them, amassed a remarkable 56 years’ service. Frances began her career at Monklands Hospital and later moved to […]

Friends and colleagues paid a fond farewell to speech and language therapist Annette Beat on her retirement. Annette, who was based at Carluke Community Health Centre, spent most of her career working in Lanarkshire. Annette worked in community clinics, schools and nurseries across the Clydesdale locality with children and young people experiencing speech, language and […]

After 38 years’ service, senior charge nurse Anne McWilliams retired from NHS Lanarkshire. Anne, who was based within the Glenaffric day unit at Coathill Hospital, trained as an enrolled nurse at Monklands Hospital and, on qualifying, worked in ward 19. Anne went to Kent for a conversion course and, on completion, returned to ward 19. […]