A fourth year school pupil from South Lanarkshire is pursuing her dream of becoming a Doctor – by helping to shape local health and social care services. Mhairi Finlayson, a pupil of Strathaven Academy is focused on a future career in medicine. Outside of her studies, Mhairi is already making a valuable contribution to people’s […]

A pilot initiative which has markedly improved the lives of people in some Lanarkshire care homes has been praised by a national health chief. Last year The Care Home Continence Improvement project set out to improve approaches to continence care. Professor Jason Leitch, National Clinical Director of Healthcare Quality and Strategy for The Scottish Government, […]

Home support services in Coatbridge got a unique insight into what it is like to live with dementia. Health and social care staff and employees from the third sector were part of a joint training exercise on board a specially designed dementia bus. The ‘Dementia Experience Bus’ allowed staff to better understand dementia by walking […]

A smoking awareness week took place in University Hospital Monklands to raise awareness amongst staff of the expectations and responsibilities around identifying patients who smoke on admission and improve management of patients’ nicotine addiction. As well as improved person-centred, safe, effective care, it also aimed to reduce the health and safety risks to patients, staff, […]