Nurse's "belongings box" project rolled out for hospital patients

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A thoughtful Lanarkshire nurse who devised an eye-catching solution to take care of patients’ vital items during hospital stays has seen her idea become reality.Joanne Kane has been working since she was a student on the “belonging boxes” to ensure safe dedicated storage of glasses, hearing aids and dentures for in-patients – and now they are being put into use at University Hospital Hairmyres.They are being given to every older patient, and are set to be rolled out for older patients across NHS Lanarkshire’s hospitals if the current pilot project proves a success, while it has even been praised at the Scottish Parliament.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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Now a fully-qualified staff nurse, she has since worked to develop the bright yellow containers – which are prominently labelled with patients’ details and the contents, and follow patients as they move through their hospital journey.She had the help of Elaine Morning, the personal assistant to the hospital’s chief of nursing, in sourcing a local company to make the boxes and helping to get the pilot programme underway.Joanne said: “Items that affect patients’ senses such as their