Joint stop smoking campaign between NHS boards
NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Lothian have partnered together to support those who wish to quit smoking, by re-launching their campaign; ‘Don’t Wait’. Smoking remains a leading cause of preventable disease and premature death in Scotland, and...
Council and partnership colleagues supporting acute hospitals
NHS Lanarkshire is delighted to have the support of colleagues from North and South Lanarkshire councils to help staff across the three acute hospitals during these challenging times. As pressures across the acute sites continues as a result of winter pressures,...
Pedalling the way to improved mental health
NHS Lanarkshire staff have set the wheels in motion to support the mental health of a group of patients by setting up the Trail Therapy Project – a programme empowering patients to tackle stimulating mountain biking trails across Lanarkshire. The bike group was...
Importance of HPV testing highlighted during cervical cancer prevention week
Women and people with a cervix are being encouraged not to ignore their cervical screening (smear test) invite, as a drive gets underway to highlight the importance of the test, which screens for the human papillomavirus virus (HPV). To mark Cervical Cancer Prevention...
Support for healthier lifestyle New Year resolutions
Image credited by the World Obesity Federation. At a time where many of us are traditionally making new year resolutions to be healthier, NHS Lanarkshire is supporting residents who wish to stick to their pledge, by raising awareness of the free NHS online 12-week...
GP practices across Lanarkshire remain open but are moving to delivering care in a different way
Health and social care services across Lanarkshire are continuing to experience more pressure than at any other point in their history. Due to this sustained pressure, record covid-19 numbers and ongoing staff sickness absence, NHS Lanarkshire has asked GP practices...
Self-care advice issued for thousands of Lanarkshire people self-isolating
With Covid cases and hospitalisations rising fast in Lanarkshire over the past week, NHS Lanarkshire today issued self-care advice for people sick at home with Covid or one of the other common winter illnesses. Speaking about the advice issued today, Dr Linda Findlay,...
Changes to hospital visiting arrangements
NHS Lanarkshire is making further changes to visiting arrangements across hospitals to ensure patient safety as cases of Omicron continue to rise in the community, including an increase in cases in the over 60s. We have made the decision to return to one visitor at a...
Hospital Visiting Resumes
NHS Lanarkshire has reintroduced visiting across hospitals following updated Scottish Government guidance. The new arrangements come into effect today and patients can now have two visits a day with no more than two visitors at each visit. There will be some ward...
