Karen Goudie has been appointed as the new chief of nursing services at University Hospital Monklands. Most recently Karen was the nurse consultant for older people in acute care leading front door services and advanced practice in NHS Fife. She is also the national clinical lead for Excellence in Care and latterly Improving Care for […]

Turas, the new national electronic system to record annual KSF reviews will go live in NHS Lanarkshire on the 1 April 2018. The old e-KSF system switched off on 31 January 2018 and is now available in a read only format. Isabel Doris, organisational development programme manager, who is overseeing Turas introduction in Lanarkshire said: […]

Healthy Working Lives (HWL) will be undertaking a month of activity over March to raise awareness of the issue of second hand smoke. Despite the smoking ban in public places being in force for over a decade now, smoking remains a major cause for concern within the workplace, as some staff are still being exposed […]

The beautiful game and NHS Lanarkshire have helped transform the life of an Airdrie man who was battling an alcohol addiction. Ian Clark’s social alcohol habit developed into an addition in 2013 after the death of his mother. It resulted in him being hospitalised in 2016 following a seizure and a realisation that he had […]

NHS Lanarkshire’s midwifery team has been nominated for the prestigious Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Award for Midwifery Service of the Year. The team was nominated for the award – which recognises excellence, innovation and team working – by Dr Mary Ross-Davie, RCM country director for Scotland. Dr Mary Ross-Davie, said:  “During my first year […]