A busy week in the press

A busy week in the press

The last week in August was a busy one for NHS Lanarkshire in the press. The papers were packed with the good work that NHS Lanarkshire is doing to improve the health of people living in Lanarkshire. Stories included a pack which will help dietetic staff to identify patients at risk of malnutrition to enable […]

Save on Christmas breaks with Barrhead Travel

Save on Christmas breaks with Barrhead Travel

It’s not ideal to be thinking about Christmas when we’re trying to desperately hold on to the last few weeks of Summer – but planning ahead could be the key to a budget friendly break that will make this holiday season a memorable one. Barrhead Travel have just released a series of Christmas break offers […]

Healthy Working Lives - Healthy Working Week

Healthy Working Lives – Healthy Working Week

Rosyln Rafferty (left) and Morag Holmes held a Healthy Working Lives (HWL) stall in Kirklands Hospital as part of Healthy Working Week. Healthy Working Lives groups across NHS Lanarkshire have been holding a week of activities in a bid to raise the profile of the programme with various prizes on offer to encourage staff participation. HWL […]

Dr Jennifer Darnborough describes ongoing work to prevent cancers

Dr Jennifer Darnborough describes ongoing work to prevent cancers

According Cancer Research UK,  4 in 10 or 40% of cancers are preventable.  That is a very powerful statistic!! From a Cancer Prevention perspective, this certainly throws down the gauntlet for us to maximise the proportion of cancers which are prevented from developing in the first place; what we call ‘’Primary Prevention’’.  In my experience, […]