Ciaran is Lanarkshire’s first New Year baby
Meet little Ciaran Quinn – Lanarkshire’s first New Year baby. Ciaran’s mum Lisa-Anne gave birth at 12.19am today at University Hospital Wishaw, home of NHS Lanarkshire’s maternity services. Proud dad Barry looked on as they welcomed the 8lb 15oz arrival, who was due...
Please Have a Quiet New Year & Follow the Guidance on Social Distancing
Hospitals across Lanarkshire are experiencing a significant increase in the number of patients being admitted with Covid-19 with the number of cases doubling over the last two weeks. This is now resulting in increased admissions to our hospitals and we expect a...
Director of Public Health update care home visiting
NHS Lanarkshire’s Director of Public Health has written to all care homes in Lanarkshire to advise them on changes to visiting. The correspondence follows the recent announcement that from Boxing Day 2020, mainland Scotland will go into level four restrictions. In...
University Hospital Wishaw Covid-19 cases
University Hospital Wishaw is experiencing an increase in the number of patients being admitted with Covid-19. The Wishaw area has higher numbers of positive cases than other area of Lanarkshire and this has been replicated in the number of patients who have been...
NHS Lanarkshire Board recommends Wester Moffat as preferred site option for new University Hospital Monklands
The Board of NHS Lanarkshire met today (16 December) and approved the recommendation of Wester Moffat as the preferred site option for the new University Hospital Monklands. The Board’s recommendation will now be put forward to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and...
Update on the delivery of the flu vaccination programme
Since the start of this year’s flu vaccination programme, staff across NHS Lanarkshire have continued to worked tirelessly in 1,703 clinics to vaccinated 230,370 people. This is more than in the entire programme last year. Comparison with last year: Group 2019/20...
Keep Well team finalists in Scottish Health Awards
NHS Lanarkshire’s Keep Well team were narrowly pipped at the post in the finals of the Scottish Health Awards. Based in Coatbridge Health Centre, the small Health Improvement team work in partnership with a wide variety of statutory and third sector partners to...
90 year old former carer is Scotland’s first care home resident vaccinated against COVID-19
NHS Lanarkshire started the process of delivering its coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination programme to care home residents and staff today (Monday, 14 December). Hamilton’s Abercorn care home was the first in Scotland to be visited as NHS Lanarkshire registered nurses...
Project SEARCH Celebrates 10 Years
A project which is leading the way for young people with a disability and autism celebrated 10 years this week at University Hospital Wishaw.  The hospital hosted a virtual event as one of the first hospitals to support the project. DFN Project SEARCH is a pioneering...
