New nurses were impressed to see the vision for the new University Hospital Monklands become reality through digital technology. The newly qualified nursing staff, based at the existing Monklands, visited the Immersive Suite on the hospital’s campus to see the plans...

The team creating the new University Hospital Monklands headed stateside for a unique opportunity to raise the profile of the project. Monklands Replacement Project (MRP) colleagues presented to an international audience at the 2025 Healthcare Facilities Symposium and...

Q. What excites you most about your role in building this new hospital?A. "Working with such an extensive and diverse range of stakeholders within NHS Lanarkshire and the broader community has been an incredibly rewarding experience. From clinical leads, consultants,...

Malina Korzeniowska, an S5 pupil at St Ambrose High School in Coatbridge, is a big fan of the MRP’s Summer School. She got so much out of it last year, learning about facilities management, that she came back this year to find out about engineering.Malina said:...

People can now find out even more about plans for Scotland’s new hospital.The dedicated website for the new University Hospital Monklands in Lanarkshire (www.monklands.org) has had a bumper update with brand new sections and a refresh of the existing pages. NHS...

Q. What excites you most about your role in building this new hospital?A. "Leading the team through design development allows me to ensure that clinical workflows, patient safety standards and compassionate care principles are embedded into the very fabric of the...

Q. What excites you most about your role in building this new hospital?A. "I’ve been involved in the Monklands Replacement Project for a long time, and what excites me most is the chance to deliver a hospital that truly serves the people of Lanarkshire for generations...

(Above) North Lanarkshire students with MRP team membersOver 20 young people got the chance to learn about engineering at the latest Summer School run by the project to create the new University Hospital Monklands.The Monklands Replacement Project (MRP) welcomed...

Arin with StuartThrough the Monklands Replacement Project (MRP), school student Arin Khan teamed up with NHS Lanarkshire’s Biodiversity Manager Stuart Ward on a work placement. Lesley Aitken. MRP Community Benefits Engagement Lead, explained: "The initiative was part...

It’s a Big Shout Out to the award-winning team creating the new University Hospital Monklands.Monklands Replacement Project (MRP) colleagues are getting a round of applause for their: innovative planning of the hospital and its surrounding infrastructure;...

The project to create the new University Hospital Monklands has won two prestigious national and international awards.At the European Healthcare Design Conference in London, the Monklands Replacement Project (MRP) was highly commended in the Future Healthcare Design...

Our exciting plans for the new University Hospital Monklands are making waves internationally.They’ve been shortlisted in the prestigious European Healthcare Design Awards. Our design, created by the Monklands Replacement Project (MRP) with its architects, Keppie...

By Lesley Aitken, MRP Community Benefits Engagement Lead (Pictured above)I hope you have been able to enjoy the recent spell of good weather. I, for one, am thankful for the lighter nights and the lifting of the winter darkness. It does, however, seem like January...

A key objective of the MRP Community Benefits Programme is to work with our local schools to create opportunities to give young people the skills to achieve success and to provide NHS Lanarkshire with potential future employees.Working with council education...

Fiona Cowan, MRP Clinical Lead – Nursing shows Mr Gray a patient bedroomPeople can now step into a virtual reality version of Lanarkshire’s new hospital thanks to a futuristic digital immersive experience.The Immersive Suite uses the latest technology to bring to life...

Community members supporting plans for the new University Hospital Monklands are stressing its creation will boost care across Lanarkshire. While patients who live in the vicinity of the new hospital will receive both emergency and planned care there, it will also...

By Lesley Aitken, MRP Community Benefits Engagement Lead (Pictured above)There has been a lot happening this past year. We had planning approval granted by North Lanarkshire Council in June 2024. This was a huge milestone for the project and paved the way for...

By Jo Duffy, Senior Health Improvement Officer and Elspeth Russell, Consultant in Public Health.NHS Lanarkshire has a strong strategic commitment as an anchor organisation to help tackle some of the things that create Lanarkshire’s socioeconomic inequalities - the...