Support services at University Hospital Wishaw to be provided in-house
NHS Lanarkshire has made arrangements to provide a range of contracted support services at University Hospital Wishaw in-house. NHS Lanarkshire is delighted to announce that they have reached an agreement in principle with the private financial initiative provider...
Primary Care Out of Hours Continues to Experience Pressure
NHS Lanarkshire’s Clinical Director in Primary Care, Dr Iain Hathorn, is asking for the public’s assistance in accessing the right healthcare as the Primary Care Out of Hours service continues to experience significant pressures. These pressures can result in many...
Mind to Mind launches to help people deal with life’s challenges
NHS Lanarkshire is backing a new national campaign designed to help people look after their mental wellbeing. Mind to Mind, a new website hosted on NHS Inform, features over 30 videos of people talking about their own mental wellbeing challenges in order to help...
Jubilee Holiday Surgery Closures
NHS Lanarkshire is asking patients to plan ahead for the Queens’ Jubilee holiday weekend when surgeries will be closed either Monday 30 May and Friday 3June or Thursday 2 and Friday 3 June depending on where the surgery is located. For those practices where their...
King of the road
A health professional has retired following four decades devoted to the NHS in Scotland. Karen King’s career began in Bellshill, the town where she was born, over 43 years ago when she was just 17. She then worked her way around the west coast of Scotland and ended in...
NHS Lanarkshire chief executive announces retirement
Heather Knox has announced that she will retire from the post of NHS Lanarkshire chief executive in November this year. Heather said: “This has not been an easy decision to make. I have very much valued working with colleagues across NHS Lanarkshire – especially over...
Changes to Visiting Arrangements
NHS Lanarkshire is increasing the number of people allowed to visit patients in our acute inpatient wards across our three acute hospitals – University Hospital Hairmyres, University Hospital Monklands and University Hospital Wishaw. The new arrangements will come...
International Nurses Day
Today every nurse across Lanarkshire and beyond is being offered thanks from NHS Lanarkshire’s Executive Nurse Director on International Nurses Day 2022. Eddie Docherty, Executive Nurse Director has made a personal thank you to nurses across the world for their...
NHS Lanarkshire begins to issue appointments for pneumococcal vaccine
From 13 May 2022, local people aged 65 and over and those with certain long-term health conditions will begin to receive appointments for their pneumococcal vaccine. This vaccine was previously provided by GP practices. However, changes to the national GP contract...
