Well being workers welcomed the chief government of NHS Scotland and director of well being and social care on a go to to Wishaw Basic.
Caroline Lamb was appointed to her new position in January 2021 and met with workers to listen to in regards to the challenges they've confronted during the last two years for the reason that begin of the pandemic.
She was additionally visiting to supply her private due to workers throughout well being and social care for his or her unstinting dedication, professionalism and exhausting work by what has been essentially the most difficult two years within the historical past of the NHS.
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Ms Lamb met a spread of workers from each well being and social care as she visited plenty of completely different departments throughout the hospital.
She informed Lanarkshire Dwell : “NHS and social care workers have been coping with a problem past any of our imaginations for the final two years and are nonetheless coping with COVID circumstances.
“I'm at College Hospital Wishaw to fulfill with colleagues from NHS Lanarkshire and workers from each North and South Well being and Social Care Partnerships to listen to in regards to the challenges they've confronted during the last two years.
“I wish to supply my thanks for all the continuing unbelievable work and adaptability proven by well being and social care workers throughout Lanarkshire.
"From the workers in our hospitals to these locally together with GPs who've continued to prioritise pressing look after Lanarkshire’s most weak residents.
“I do know sustained calls for on well being and social care providers throughout Lanarkshire has meant everybody has been working exceptionally exhausting to make sure the best requirements of care and assist have continued during the last two years.
“It’s been a really tough time for everybody delivering well being and social care whereas additionally holding themselves, their family members and native residents protected.
“I'm grateful to every particular person for his or her distinctive efforts in offering the most secure and most strong providers doable.”
Ms Lamb met workers from accident and emergency, paediatrics, the medical receiving unit and North Lanarkshire Well being and Social Care Partnership throughout her go to.
Julie Coyle, senior nurse emergency, Wishaw Basic, mentioned: “It has been an especially tough time and we're not out of the woods but as we're nonetheless coping with COVID sufferers in addition to treating sufferers with different critical situations.
“Workers are working exhausting to make sure each affected person will get the care and therapy they want in very difficult circumstances and workers recognize the chief government of NHS Scotland taking time to go to and hearken to the problems which have affected them during the last two years.”
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