It was mum’s the word at a Lanarkshire shopping centre as mums, dads, grandparents, babies and staff from NHS Lanarkshire gathered to mark the launch of National Breastfeeding Celebration Week. The event at the Regent Shopping Centre in Hamilton, organised by volunteers from Lanarkshire Breastfeeding Initiative (LBI), was an opportunity to come together and share […]

The decked car park at the Houldsworth Centre is now open to patients. The car park is free to use and will have spaces for 243 vehicles including disabled parking. Graham Johnston, NHS Lanarkshire’s head of management services said: “We’re delighted that the new car park is now open and expect this to deliver a […]

An innovative animated film which the police use to train their officers to gather more evidence on sexual offence crimes has won a Royal Television Society award. The short film ‘Trauma and the Brain’ created by NHS Lanarkshire’s Ending Violence Abuse (EVA) Service, won the Best in Animation and VFX (Visual Effects) category. The film […]

NHS Lanarkshire has welcomed a Healthcare Environment Inspectorate (HEI) report on Monklands Hospital. The HEI report was published following its unannounced inspection visits to Monklands Hospital on 16 and 17 March 2016. Calum Campbell, chief executive of NHS Lanarkshire, said: “Staff at Monklands Hospital work hard to provide a clean and safe environment for patients. […]

Senior school pupils have been encouraged to do their “SHARE” to help with vital medical research. In a Scottish first, representatives from SHARE (The Scottish Health Research Register) visited a Lanarkshire school to meet Sixth Year students and inspire them to sign up to the national programme, which seeks the support of people aged 16 […]