A new initiative between Branchalwood General Practice, NHS Lanarkshire and NHS 24, is aiming to increase the time available to GPs to focus on the cases that only they can help with. The practice began trialing a new approach in November last year to manage requests from patients for same-day appointments as part of the […]

Establishing paediatric nurses as part of the out of hours team has proved to be very successful for patients, families and staff. Prior to this, if a child attended the out of hours centre with a condition which required a period of monitoring both the child with their parent/carer would normally have been transferred on […]

NHS Lanarkshire is committed to ensuring our GPs feel supported, have access to additional resources that enable them to sustain performance, achieve the work-life balance they need and prevent burn-out. So last autumn we launched our first GP coaching programme, funded through the transformation programme and provided by the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management […]

A new Scotland-only GP contract, designed and agreed between the Scottish Government and the British Medical Association, has been hailed as the biggest reform of GP services in over a decade. The proposals are aimed at ensuring that all patients get the support they need from an extended community healthcare team – led by GPs […]

Redesigning general practice in Lanarkshire is at the heart of transforming primary care so it’s been full steam ahead for this area of work. A new team of Advanced Nurse Practitioners in training, a new Senior Nurse for practice nursing, and signpost training for practice receptionists are a few of the initiatives that have successfully […]