A Hospital Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (HEPMA) system has been implemented within NHS Lanarkshire. The aim of HEPMA is to remove paper based processes from prescribing and medicines administration and significantly improve patient safety and quality of care. Christine Gilmour, chief pharmacist, said: “HEPMA will improve our medicines management processes and enable greater control […]

Modern technology is becoming an increasingly familiar feature of health and care. This includes the use of telehealth, which supports people to safely manage a variety of conditions at home with a tablet or mobile phone. Now South Lanarkshire Health & Social Care Partnership (SLH&SCP) is holding a digital workshop – and is seeking public […]

A veteran who is believed to be the UK’s longest serving patient has died after spending 54 years in Wester Moffat Hospital. Jimmy Morris, who was 75 when he died, was admitted to the hospital in 1963 after he suffered a cardiac arrest on an operating table in Germany and was left in a vegetative […]

Staff, patients and visitors gathered to see the official opening of a new garden area in the Brandon and Clyde wards at Udston Hospital, Hamilton. The project involving patients from NHS Lanarkshire’s Beckford Lodge – which treats those with complex mental health issues – and local enterprise Clydesdale Community Initiative (CCI) is credited with delivering […]

A new manager is crediting iMatter for helping her to get to know her new team in depth. Andrea Stewart, directorate support manager for surgical services, moved to her new role at Monklands Hospital earlier this year. Andrea said: “The team report was carried out at a time when I wasn’t the team manager. So […]