It’s the sport that’s taken the nation by storm. Now walking footballers in one part of Lanarkshire will have a real spring in their stride – by combining the beautiful game with the latest step-monitoring technology. The meeting of worlds comes as South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership (SLH&SCP) is helping Biggar man Rikki […]

A series of special seminars focusing on Building and Celebrating Communities was held in South Lanarkshire in June. The events sought to explore how South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership can generate more space for communities to create the things that matter to them – and how the partnership can support these activities. Val […]

A groundbreaking text messaging system has been used to help support 1000 people with depression and/or anxiety in Lanarkshire. The Florence Simple Telehealth text messaging system, or ‘Flo’ for short, was named after Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, for its human touch. A short internet animation has recently brought Flo – and how it […]

Managers are being invited discover the benefits of NSS Discovery- a specialist service-planning and delivery system. Dr Nelson Kennedy, from NHS National Services, is currently working with NHS Lanarkshire to highlight the system and encourage conversations on data intelligence and insights. Nelson explained: “NSS Discovery can help managers to review performance, benchmark against ‘peer’ hospitals […]