We’re gearing up for Patient Safety Week, which runs from 24-28 October. The event marks the launch of a refreshed Prioritised Patient Safety Plan following two years of successful work by the Patient Safety Reducing Harm Collaborative. There will be information stalls and staff events throughout the week: Monday 24 October – Airdrie Community Health […]

NHS Lanarkshire and Clyde FC have teamed up with the goal of using football to help people overcome their physical and mental health challenges. A number of men who are supported by Cumbernauld Community Mental Health and Addictions teams have started weekly training sessions at Broadwood Stadium, home of Clyde. Clinical healthcare support worker Martin […]

NHS Lanarkshire is backing the annual campaign to challenge the stigma of poverty. The Poverty Alliance’s Challenge Poverty Week takes place from 16-22 October with activities and events held all over Scotland to raise awareness and promote action to address poverty and its impact. Over the course of the week NHS Lanarkshire along with other […]

We have won this year’s Scottish Institute of Health Management poster award. The award went to Sandra MacInnes and Vivian Boxall of South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership for their work on “Maximising Coverage and Uptake of the Universal 27 Month Child Heath Review”. Madeleine O’Brien, Scottish Institute of Health Management education & business manager, said: “All the submissions […]