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Poster power at top NHS Scotland event
Triple award success
NHS Lanarkshire scooped three awards at a national NHS poster exhibition.
The event provides an opportunity for those working in the NHS in Scotland to come together to consider challenges and share best practice and innovative approaches to delivering the highest quality of care for patients.
This year’s exhibition featured 200 projects, set out in poster form, from 14 Scottish health boards and partner organisations.
NHS Lanarkshire speech and language therapist Joanne Gibson was a double winner with her poster “Transformational Change in the Early Years: Co- locating Speech and Language Therapists to Early Years Establishments”.
Joanne’s outstanding poster not only won in the Quality of Care: Infrastructure category but also received the Transformational Change Award.
The Veterans First Point ( V1P) Lanarkshire team poster “Veterans First Point Lanarkshire: Pioneering a unique NHS and Third Sector Partnership” was the winner in the Integrated Care category.
The team, led by Dr Maria Gascon, consultant psychologist, was recognised for its partnership approach to improving the health and wellbeing of veterans and their families in Lanarkshire and beyond, with a particular focus on veterans with complex needs.
Calum Campbell, NHS Lanarkshire chief executive, said: “Congratulations to our two poster winners and to the continence care project which was shortlisted from many submissions to present at the event.
“This work evidences the commitment of our employees and the innovative approaches being taken in Lanarkshire to transform and improve the way we provide health care, ensuring it’s fit for the future, in line with the Scottish Government’s 2020 vision.”