NHS Lanarkshire is turning pink and blue for Baby Loss Awareness Week 2024
People will see NHS Lanarkshire’s hospitals lit up pink and blue to show support for Baby Loss Awareness Week (9 to 15 October). Baby Loss Awareness Week, now in its 22nd year, helps to unite the pregnancy and baby loss community and to increase understanding of the...
Partnership working at the heart of a fresh commitment to high-quality palliative and end-of-life care
NHS Lanarkshire and Kilbryde Hospice have set out their commitment to a new era of joint working to sustain the highest standard of equitable palliative and end-of-life care for patients. The partners have worked together closely since the earliest days of the South...
Construction starts on futuristic facility to aid engagement on new hospital
Visit the dedicated Monklands Replacement Project website to read this story at this link Construction starts on futuristic facility to aid engagement on new hospital
North Lanarkshire’s health and social care partnership welcomes new chief officer
University Health and Social Care North Lanarkshire has appointed Claire Rae as its new chief officer. Claire, who starts her new role on Tuesday 01 October, brings a wealth of experience in health and social care with her leadership expected to further enhance the...
Newton residents invited to give views on pharmacy application
Residents in Newton, Cambuslang are being invited to give their views on whether they feel they have adequate access to NHS pharmacy services in their area. Thistle Chem Ltd, t/a Newton Pharmacy would like to apply to NHS Lanarkshire to open a new pharmacy offering...
Margaret raises a cuppa to toast double organ donation celebration
A Scots gran is celebrating a remarkable double – 30 years since her life-changing transplant and the 30th anniversary of the NHS Organ Donor Register. Speaking for the first time about her kidney transplant, Margaret Stewart, 66, said her world had been turned around...
Winter Vaccination Programme
Appointment dates and times are now being issued to residents across Lanarkshire as we gear up for the start of this year’s Winter vaccination programme. The programme will offer the flu and Covid booster to those who are eligible for either, or both. For the vast...
Child Flu Vaccination Programme
Dr Henry Prempeh, Public Health 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...
Hep A Cases
NHS Lanarkshire’s Public Health Team is investigating a small number of confirmed cases of hepatitis A in the Cumbernauld area. Two of the cases are children, one child attends a local school and the other child attends a local nursery. Dr Alison Smith-Palmer,...
