Newspapers can and do cover good news

Newspapers can and do cover good news

A host of services and individuals helped to keep the headlines mostly positive for Lanarkshire this past week. The efforts of Lanarkshire stroke services, named among the best in the country, June Delaney’s dementia knowledge being shared globally, health visiting services winning a Baby Friendly Unicef award, and the students of Dental Outreach Centre in […]

NHS Education for Scotland are looking for people to join a network of supporters for health literacy.

Health literacy is the range of skills that support people to find health information, understand it and to take action on it in a way that helps improve their health. Therefore, people with lower health literacy skills can be at risk of poor health outcomes if information is not available or provided in a way […]

Scottish Health Awards 2015

Scottish Health Awards 2015

Nominations are now open for the Scottish Health Awards 2015. Now in its 14th year, the Scottish Health Awards are run by the Daily Record in partnership with the Scottish Government. The Awards recognise the important contribution of those working in and with the NHS in Scotland to provide the very best of health and […]

Lead therapy radiographer Robert Scott discusses the new Lanarkshire Beatson

Lead therapy radiographer Robert Scott discusses the new Lanarkshire Beatson

The Lanarkshire Beatson will be the smartest looking radiotherapy department in the country. That is according to Robert Scott, lead therapy radiographer, who will have day-to-day responsibility for operational issues at the satellite centre. Robert, pictured, said: “I left my managerial post in Maidstone one year ago to come to Glasgow so I could work […]

Why joining The Club At Wishaw is helping patients

Why joining The Club At Wishaw is helping patients

Carers and relatives are seeing real differences in their loved ones thanks to innovative work taking place in Wishaw General Hospital. Karen Wilson, senior charge nurse, said: “Through our dementia work, we know that many of the stress and distress symptoms shown by some of our elderly patients can be related to inactivity and social […]