Concept design video paints exciting picture of plans for new hospital
NHS Lanarkshire has released an eye-catching new video of the concept design for the new University Hospital Monklands. The exciting Monklands Replacement Project video begins with an aerial view of the campus, in the picturesque setting of Wester Moffat, Airdrie,...
Abuse to Staff Results in Reduced Visiting
Our chief midwife is asking visitors to our maternity unit to be respectful after staff have been subject to verbal abuse. The level of abuse has been so severe that senior midwives have decided to reduce the second visitor to two hours per day and by appointment...
NHS Lanarkshire returns to highest risk level
NHS Lanarkshire is currently beyond critical occupancy levels across its three acute hospitals. The sustained pressure means that the health board has taken the decision to return to the highest risk level and is operating beyond agreed capacity protocols. Heather...
Baseball home run back to France for Monklands physio
University Hospital Monklands physiotherapist Fiona Brambley is embarking on a home run all the way to France as part of the Great Britain baseball team at the women’s European Baseball Championships next month. Fiona (26) currently lives in Glasgow but was born and...
NHS Lanarkshire consultant in dental public health inaugurated as new president of BASCD
Albert Yeung, NHS Lanarkshire’s consultant in dental public health, was recently inaugurated as president of the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry (BASCD). The presidency was passed over from Maria Morgan, former senior lecturer in dental public...
People across Lanarkshire urged to be Tick Aware
A new campaign has launched to raise awareness of tick bites and the symptoms of Lyme disease in a bid to encourage people to take precautions this summer. With a new survey revealing over half of people in Scotland (54 per cent*) don’t know what to do when bitten by...
Out of hours service is for urgent care only
The Lanarkshire public are reminded that NHS Lanarkshire’s primary care out of hours service is for urgent care only, as experience indicates that many patients call with minor or non-urgent problems. Almost 200,000 calls came into the service between the start of...
Charity Funding Five New Projects
More than £300,000 of funding has been awarded to Lanarkshire Health Board Endowment Fund to help support five projects across Lanarkshire. This welcome funding from NHS Charities Together will allow both North and South Health and Social Care Partnerships and third...
Changes to our Vaccination Programme
As the vaccination service in Lanarkshire nears the completion of the spring booster programme and makes plans to develop the service to offer other necessary vaccinations, including pneumococcal and shingles, we are making some changes over the summer months. We are...
