Seven NHS Lanarkshire staff achieved postgraduate qualifications - one with distinction - in 'Frontline Leadership and Management'.
This is a specific qualification designed for the NHS in a joint initiative between NHS Education for Scotland (NES), DeMontfort University and UHI Millennium institute to develop more proactive leadership within the workplace.
Four staff were able to collect their certificates from Dr Kevin Woods, NHS Scotland chief executive at a special ceremony in the Albert Halls, Stirling in May.
Pictured from left to right are: Jaqueline Clinton, advanced biomedical scientist, haematology, Wishaw General; Andrew Craig, design team leader with medical illustration; Jan Miller, team leader for the Minor/Major Injury/Illness Nurse Treatment Service (MINTS), A&E dept Hairmyres and Lynn McTavish, planned care project manager, Strathclyde Hospital.
Andrew, from Lindsayfield, East Kilbride, was one of only six graduates from NHS Scotland to pass with distinction.
Dr Woods said: "In line with the Healthcare Quality Strategy for NHS Scotland we want to deliver the very best healthcare we can.
“By improving leadership ability in the NHS we will make sure that the quality strategy is successfully put into practice".
The three staff who were unable to attend the ceremony are: Elaine Learmonth, information analyst, Strathclyde Hospital; Maurag Buchanan, charge nurse, theatres, Wishaw General; and Anne Smith, orthopaedics operational manager, Monklands Hospital.