NHS Lanarkshire welcomes record number of junior doctors
NHS Lanarkshire is pleased to announce the arrival of over eighty new junior doctors to its health board. A total of 81 first-year doctors participated in a comprehensive, week-long induction programme, with the number of inductees rising from 77 last year and 66 in...
Child Flu Programme
Dr Henry Prempeh, Health Protection Consultant and Immunisation Co-ordinator is urging parents and carers to ensure their child gets their flu vaccine this winter. The flu vaccine is usually given as a painless nasal spray and is a safe way to help protect your child...
Hepatitis A Cases in Lanarkshire
NHS Lanarkshire’s Public Health Team is investigating a small number of hepatitis A cases in the Cumbernauld area. Hepatitis A is a contagious liver infection. It can range from a mild illness lasting a few weeks to a severe illness lasting several months. The virus...
Ambitious agreement to tackle health and care challenges
The University of Strathclyde, NHS Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire Council and North Lanarkshire Council have set out their commitment and ambitions to work together to tackle key health and care challenges, for the benefit of local communities and Scotland as a whole....
Hospital project’s Summer School is just the job for young students
Eager pupils went “back to school” before the end of the holidays to find out about NHS Lanarkshire’s exciting project to create the new University Hospital Monklands. Eight school students from North and South Lanarkshire attended the second Summer School run by the...
Wellbeing course to help people with long-term conditions
People living with long-term conditions can learn how to thrive again – with the help of a special series of workshops. Led by top psychologists in NHS Lanarkshire, the five wellbeing sessions will run every Wednesday, from 28 August to 25 September at...
Partnership launches major Home Care recruitment campaign
The positive impact home carers have on people’s lives has been brought into sharp focus as South Lanarkshire University Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) launches a major recruitment drive to further expand its care at home service. From today, the HSCP is...
RSV Vaccine
Last year there were over 1,000 cases of RSV in Scotland in people aged 75 years and older. NHS Lanarkshire is now offering the RSV vaccine for the first time to eligible groups and has already started issuing appointment letters. RSV is a common respiratory illness...
Opportunity to help shape future of health services in Lanarkshire
NHS Lanarkshire is recruiting two new non-executive Board members to play a key role in shaping the health and wellbeing of people across its communities. It’s an exciting time to join Scotland’s third-largest health board as it strives to deliver a healthier future...
