Lanarkshire GPs continue to offer face-to-face appointments for area’s most vulnerable
Lanarkshire is continuing to experience record high demand on health and social care services with GP workloads increasing by approximately 30% since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, GPs are pulling out all the stops to ensure face-to-face appointments are...
NHS Lanarkshire completes first dose vaccinations
NHS Lanarkshire has completed all first doses of the covid-19 vaccination and is now moving to a mop-up phase and focusing on second doses. Dr Mark Russell, Lead for the covid-19 vaccination programme in Lanarkshire, said: “Everyone in Lanarkshire who is eligible for...
Recovering Together – accessing appropriate health services
As we approach the 73rd anniversary of the NHS (Monday 5 July), the health service is experiencing more pressure than at any other point in its history. In fact, primary, community and secondary care services are currently experiencing ‘winter pressures’ in the middle...
COVID-19 vaccine self-registration portal for all adults
All adults in NHS Lanarkshire who haven’t had their first COVID-19 appointment can self-register now at www.nhsinform.scot/vaccineregistration Anyone aged 18 and over in Lanarkshire who has not received a first coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination appointment or has...
NHS Lanarkshire increases the number of vaccination drop-in clinics
Over the coming weeks NHS Lanarkshire is increasing the number of covid-19 vaccination drop-in clinics and the number of appointments available for rebooking. The drop-in clinics are for anyone who lives in Lanarkshire and: is age 18 or over who has not had a first...
Couple’s ‘selfless donation’ will support families
A couple who suffered the unimaginable pain of their child being stillborn hope their gift to University Hospital Wishaw will help others in a similar situation. Angela Kenney and Gordon Campbell, from the Greenhills area of East Kilbride, presented the maternity unit...
Back to school…for immunisations
It’s back to school, for some pupils anyway. The NHS Lanarkshire school immunisation team will be visiting schools across the county during the summer holidays as part of an immunisation catch-up programme. Carol Anne Hammond, school immunisation nurse, explains:...
More North Lanarkshire health and social care services returning as recovery work gathers pace
Work is ongoing to return North Lanarkshire’s health and social care services to the levels seen before the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Members of the North Lanarkshire Integration Joint Board heard of the continued work around the remobilisation plan which is...
Health & Social Care North Lanarkshire eyes potential link up with MacMillan Cancer Support
People dealing with cancer in North Lanarkshire could soon benefit from extra support if a bid to MacMillian Cancer Support is successful. Health & Social Care North Lanarkshire (HSCNL) has approved an application to MacMillan to implement the Improving Cancer...
