New Making Life Easier Website

New Making Life Easier Website

Health and Social Care North Lanarkshire has developed a new website to provide quick and easy access to the support available in North Lanarkshire. Features of the new website include local information, general health information as well as handy hints and tips on a number of areas of need. To access the website, please visit: […]

Feet first in tackling mental health

Feet first in tackling mental health

Hairmyres Hospital hosted a walk to help change the way people think about mental health. The Walk a Mile event, arranged by Stigma Free Lanarkshire, brought together staff, patients and the public to help tackle mental health discrimination and break down barriers as they walk a mile in each other’s shoes. Its aim was to […]

Gardening therapy producing results

Gardening therapy producing results

Patients recovering from mental health difficulties in Motherwell have a further opportunity to become as independent as possible with the help of an allotment project launched by NHS Lanarkshire. Lee Samuel, specialist occupational therapist, said: “The allotment is part of patient’s therapeutic programme. We prescribe activity for patients to be involved in. “People with an […]

Happy retirement to Alex Watson

Happy retirement to Alex Watson

Friends and colleagues gathered to pay a fond farewell to Alexander Watson who retired from NHS Lanarkshire in July after a remarkable 47 years service. The planning estimator, who was based at Law House, Carluke began his NHS career in July 1970 as an apprentice joiner based at Hartwood Hospital.  In 1975, Alex progressed to […]