After 38 years’ service, Mary Dunn, team leader/senior charge nurse, retired from NHS Lanarkshire. Mary, who was attached to the Wishaw elderly community mental health team at the Houldsworth Centre, Wishaw, began her career in 1978 as a nursing assistant before becoming a student nurse in 1979. After qualifying in 1982, Mary took up the […]

Colleagues paid a special farewell to clinical nurse manager Lesley Thomson who retired after over 40 years’ service. Lesley, who was based within the intensive care unit at Hairmyres Hospital, joined the NHS in 1974 when she trained to become a nurse at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. After qualifying in 1977, Lesley joined NHS Lanarkshire as […]

After 36 years’ service, staff nurse Kate Farmer retired from NHS Lanarkshire. Kate, who was based within ward 14 at Hairmyres Hospital, East Kilbride, began her nursing career in 1980 when she trained as a nurse at Glasgow’s Western University Hospital. After qualifying, Kate joined NHS Lanarkshire and worked in various departments including surgical, theatre, […]

Congratulations go to nursery nurse Jan Scott who retired from NHS Lanarkshire after a remarkable 41 years’ service. Jan, who was based within the neonatal unit at Wishaw General Hospital, began her career with NHS Lanarkshire in 1975 when she was based in the children’s ward at Law Hospital, Carluke. Jan thereafter moved to the […]