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New peer support group for primary care staff

Have you joined NHS Lanarkshire in the past two years to help implement the new General Medical Services 2018 contract? Do you want to ‘grow your career in Lanarkshire’? Then a new peer support group could be for you. NHS Lanarkshire is looking for 18 people from teams across primary care to come together to […]

Launch of new mouth cancer infomercial - Pulse Online

Launch of new mouth cancer infomercial

NHS Lanarkshire’s health improvement department has produced a new, short infomercial aimed at young people to highlight the importance of regularly checking your mouth and looking out for the signs and symptoms of mouth cancer. The infomercial, developed in partnership with the Coatbridge Peer Education Group and Community Learning and Development, North Lanarkshire, provides useful […]

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Publication of Monklands independent review

The Independent Review of the process followed by the Monklands Replacement/Refurbishment Project (MRRP) was published on 27 June. Neena Mahal, Chair of NHS Lanarkshire, said: “I welcome the report from the Independent Review Panel (IRP) today. I am committed to implementing the IRP’s recommendations, in order to address the urgent need to replace University Hospital […]

Connecting Sound

Connecting Sound

‘Connecting Sound’ is a music making project for young people who have a parent, sibling or primary carer with a cancer diagnosis. Musical director Madeleine Pritchard and project co-ordinator Alan Bryden, a highly experienced and brilliant community music facilitator, will run a number of musical activities such as singing, beatboxing and taiko drumming during July […]

Staff to have access to new communications platform

Staff to have access to new communications platform

Staff across NHS Lanarkshire will be introduced to a new unified communications platform over the next two years. Staff will be given new desk handsets that will allow for great flexibility including hot-desking and will allow them to log on at different locations as well as mobile working. The new system has a more unified […]