Secondary pupils urged to download Protect Scotland app as they return to classroom
As secondary school pupils in Lanarkshire start to return to the classroom, those aged 12-15 who have smartphones are being encouraged to download the Protect Scotland app. The app, extended to include the younger age group in December 2020, will help pupils in...
Isolation pods installed to help manage patients in safe environment
Special isolation pods are being installed at University Hospital Wishaw and University Hospital Hairmyres to help ease pressure on ICU and manage Covid and non-Covid patients in a safe environment. Developed by Dundee-based Starn Group, who make a range of equipment...
A quarter of a million local people now vaccinated against covid-19
Since the start of the covid-19 vaccination programme 250,000 people across Lanarkshire have received their first dose of the vaccine. In addition, more than 17,000 people have received their second dose. Dr Mark Russell, Lead for the covid-19 vaccination programme in...
Tot who battled COVID is almost one year old
It’s a happy first birthday to little Peyton Maguire, thought to have been Scotland’s youngest COVID patient when NHS Lanarkshire staff diagnosed her with the virus at just three weeks old. The tot, who was born eight weeks premature, will turn one on 26 March and...
Technology team’s 2.4 MILLION mile tour de force driven by keeping people safe
Video conferencing technology which links patients to health and social care staff has saved a possible 2.4 MILLION travel miles in the last year. The gargantuan total, generated in Lanarkshire alone, is equivalent to circumnavigating planet earth – almost 100 times....
Condoms by Post gets vote of confidence from the public on first anniversary
NHS Lanarkshire’s Condoms by Post service continues to be a hit with service users a year after it was launched in response to COVID-19. Started shortly after the first UK-wide national lockdown was announced, the Condoms by Post service is designed to ensure people...
NHS Lanarkshire’s caring community called forward for vaccine
People aged 16 to 64 in Lanarkshire who provide vital face-to-face care and support for others, and have not already had their first vaccine dose or appointment letter, are being invited to register for their COVID-19 vaccination. A self-registration service has been...
All eligible care home residents have now received second dose of Covid-19 vaccine
NHS Lanarkshire has now competed administering the second dose of the coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine to eligible care home residents. The first health board in Scotland to vaccinate care home residents against Covid-19, NHS Lanarkshire has now vaccinated more than...
Update on the roll out of the covid-19 vaccine in Lanarkshire
NHS Lanarkshire is putting in place additional support to ensure that everyone who is eligible can receive their covid-19 vaccination. Since the start of the covid-19 vaccination programme 229,213 people in Lanarkshire have already received their first dose of the...
