The Evening Times ran an article about figures in a new report showing that women from Lanarkshire experience higher-than-average rates of stillbirth and neonatal deaths than other parts of Scotland. The region recorded the second-highest rate in Scotland with 6.42 deaths per 1,000 births. However it is worth noting that the figure of 7,096 Lanarkshire resident […]
Retirement of Catherine Irvine
After over 40 years’ service with NHS Lanarkshire, pharmacy stores, distribution and procurement manager Catherine Irvine retired in September.
Catherine began her career as a pharmacy technician at Hartwood Hospital before moving to Hairmyres Hospital in the early 90s. During her career, Catherine has been promoted twice, eventually becoming the pharmacy stores, distribution and procurement manager in 2003, a role in which she remained until her retirement.
Catherine lives in Motherwell with her husband John and cat Darcie. In her spare time she enjoys travelling and eating out.
Karen Patterson, head of pharmacy, said: “I am losing my right-hand man and my Hairmyres thesaurus. She will be sadly missed”.
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