Public Reference Forum

Public Reference Forum

Rick Edwards and John Hughes are members of the Public Reference Forum Patient information and experience manager, Rick said: “The forum is an opportunity for open discussion between patient representatives and staff to generate ideas to shape future thinking and direction. John said: “I joined to help make things better for cancer service users. My […]

David Hume retires after 35 years service

David Hume retires after 35 years service

After 35 years in the health service, David Hume is eager to point out that he is taking early retirement. David, who is originally from Nottingham, first came to Scotland as a student in 1977 when he studied at Dundee University. David’s career has spanned both sides of the border and it was while in […]

Gavin wins NHS Staff Benefits holiday voucher competition

Gavin wins NHS Staff Benefits holiday voucher competition

NHS Staff Benefits would like to say a huge congratulations to Gavin Halcrow who won last month’s NHS Staff Benefits & Barrhead Travel Competition. Randomly selected from thousands of entries across Central Scotland, NHS Lanarkshire’s Gavin Halcrow has won a £500 holiday voucher to spend on his next break. Through NHS Staff Benefits, Barrhead Travel […]

Trauma and orthopaedics feature in this weeks press

Trauma and orthopaedics feature in this weeks press

Both the Wishaw Press and the Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser ran stories this week claiming NHS Lanarkshire was attempting to keep under wraps the trauma and orthopaedic review until after the election. However we assured both newspapers that this was definitely not the case and that the health board has been very open in identifying […]

Good progress made in HSMR rates

NHS Lanarkshire continues to make good progress in relation to hospital standardised mortality ratios (HSMR). There has been a reduction in HSMR rates across Lanarkshire, with all three acute hospitals performing better than the Scottish average. Dr Iain Wallace, NHS Lanarkshire medical director said: “We welcome the publication of the latest Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratio […]