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Challenging role but Janie's ready

Challenging role but Janie’s ready

Janie Reid is the new improvement advisor for the Early Years Collaborative in North Lanarkshire. The Collaborative aims to improve outcomes and reduce inequalities for all babies, children, mothers, fathers and families to ensure that all children have the best start in life and are ready to succeed. Janie will be working closely with health […]

Grace McGregor retires

Grace McGregor retires

After 20 years service, senior support worker Grace McGregor retired from NHS Lanarkshire in December 2015. Grace, who was attached to the speech and language therapy department at Douglas Street Community Health Clinic, previously worked for Strathclyde Regional Council as part of the first ever cohort of speech and language therapy assistants recruited in Lanarkshire. […]

Hard work pays off

Hard work pays off

Four community Band 5 nurses have successfully completed a new course which was developed in partnership with University of the West of Scotland. Jacqueline Fox, Mairi Ritchie, Yvonne Marshall and Louise Drury completed the course, which is aimed at new and existing staff nurses that are registered in the adult field of nursing and contains […]

Christine Wilson retires

Christine Wilson retires

Staff nurse Christine Wilson, who was based within the day surgery at Hairmyres Hospital, East Kilbride, retired on 31 August following a nursing career which spanned 36 years. In 1979, Christine trained as a pupil nurse and then began working as an enrolled nurse in the surgical department. She thereafter completed her conversion course to […]

Aileen Robertson retires

Aileen Robertson retires

Friends and colleagues gathered to pay a special farewell to Aileen Robertson who retired from NHS Lanarkshire in January after a remarkable 40 years service. The district nurse team leader joined NHS Lanarkshire on 1 August 1975 as a trainee nurse based at Law House, Carluke.  After qualifying, Aileen moved to Bellshill maternity before moving […]