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Boost to information about new hospital plans
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...
MRP Team Spotlight – Fiona Cowan, Chief Nurse and Clinical Lead at Monklands Replacement Project, NHS Lanarkshire
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...
MRP Team Spotlight – Paul Cooper Project Director – Building Services at Wallace Whittle
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...
New hospital project engineers learning opportunity for school students
(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...
Growing ambitions: young student embraces biodiversity at Monklands
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...
Sky-high view of the home for Scotland’s most advanced hospital
An exciting bird’s-eye view of the site of Lanarkshire’s new hospital has been released.The eye-catching drone video allows viewers to soar above the landscape at Wester Moffat in Airdrie that will become home to the replacement University Hospital Monklands. The...
Big Shout Out to Monklands Replacement Project team
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;...
Awards at the double for project to create new hospital
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...
Hospital design in running for top international award
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...
MRP Community Benefits Update April 2025
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...
Coming Soon – MRP Summer School Class of 2025!
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...
Start of groundworks at site of new hospital
Graeme Reid, MRP Director; Colin Lauder, NHS Lanarkshire Interim Chief Executive; Andy Thomson, Laing O’Rourke Project Director; Martin Hill, Chair of the Board of NHS Lanarkshire; Fiona Cowan, MRP Clinical Lead – Nursing.Plans for Lanarkshire’s new hospital have...
Immersive Suite gives virtual reality vision of Scotland’s most advanced hospital
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...
Council and health board join forces to put road and hospital plans on route to success
(from left) Lyndsay Noble, North Lanarkshire Council City Deal Manager; Des Murray, North Lanarkshire Council Chief Executive; Colin Lauder, NHS Lanarkshire Interim Chief Executive; Graeme Reid, Director, Monklands Replacement Project.North Lanarkshire Council and NHS...
New hospital will bring healthcare benefits to all of Lanarkshire
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...
MRP Community Benefits Update
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...
How the MRP can boost NHS Lanarkshire’s Anchor Organisation commitments
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...
More preparatory works for Lanarkshire’s new hospital
(Pictured) Graeme Reid, Director of the Monklands Replacement Project (MRP) Site works are stepping up as the exciting plans to create the new University Hospital Monklands move forward.Following recent earth settlement trials, more preparatory works are starting on...
First Sustainability Intern joins the Monklands Replacement Project
(Pictured) Kayla McCandlish, Sustainability Intern on the Monklands Replacement Project team.Hello! I am Kayla McCandlish and I am pleased to announce that I am the first Sustainability Intern to join the Monklands Replacement Project (MRP) Team.Sustainability has...
Another Community Perspective on the New University Hospital Monklands
(Pictured) Jan Taylor, Chair of Camglen Health & Social Care Forum and Vice-Chair of South Lanarkshire Health & Social Care Forum.Jan Taylor lives in Cambuslang. She’s helping with plans for the new University Hospital Monklands because she knows it will play...
Construction starts on futuristic facility to aid engagement on new hospital
A super hi-tech facility is set to be constructed to aid planning and engagement for Lanarkshire’s new hospital.Work has begun at University Hospital Monklands in Airdrie to create an “Immersive Suite” that will use the latest digital technology to share a virtual...