COVID-19 community assessment pathway reaches milestone and moves to recovery phase
NHS Lanarkshire’s COVID-19 community assessment pathway (CAP) has reached the milestone of triaging more than 10,000 patients since it was established on 23 March 2020. Dr Linda Findlay, Medical Director, South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership, said:...
NHS Lanarkshire team part of Covid-19 breakthrough
A team of health professionals from NHS Lanarkshire is delighted to be part of the biggest breakthrough so far in the battle against Covid-19. The doctors, nurses, pharmacists and research experts – who are based across the three NHS Lanarkshire acute hospitals...
Dental practices across Lanarkshire reopen for urgent care only
From Monday 22 June 2020, dental practices across Lanarkshire will reopen to provide urgent dental care, without the use of aerosol generating procedures (AGP), only. This means that dentists cannot use high-speed drills or carry out procedures that would create...
Physios give key intensive care support amid virus challenge
NHS Lanarkshire physiotherapists added a new emotional challenge to their work skills, by stepping into unfamiliar critical care roles to help tackle coronavirus. Although respiratory physiotherapy staff undertake duties in an intensive care unit (ICU) regularly,...
Health & Social Care North Lanarkshire wants to hear from you on International What Matters to You? Day
Staff at Health & Social Care North Lanarkshire (HSCNL) are encouraging as many people as possible to have a ‘What matters to you?’ conversation with friends, family or children they are supporting or caring for. This year’s international ‘What matters to you?’...
Help with physical distancing in emergency departments
NHS Lanarkshire is asking people to help with physical distancing in hospital emergency departments. There has been a large increase in the number of people attending the emergency departments at NHS Lanarkshire’s acute hospitals in the past few days. This, along with...
Spirit of partnership working central to ongoing action plan to support care homes
A well-established culture of partnership working has been bolstered to support and protect residents and staff in care homes. There are 80 older adult care homes in Lanarkshire, the majority of which are owned by independent sector providers. Although the sector has...
Mrs Parker strikes the right note in care home musical marathon
One of the oldest residents of a Lanarkshire care home has embarked on an astonishing feat of musical endurance – to offer a note of reassurance. Despite living with arthritis, 98-years-young Mrs Rebecca Parker has embarked on a 100-day piano marathon for charity – to...
Creation of a ‘virtual health and social care superstructure’ underpinned by keeping people safe
Thousands of people in Lanarkshire have received vital support in recent weeks via a newly-created health and social care ‘virtual superstructure’. Technology called NHS Lanarkshire Near Me, allows health and social care providers to offer secure video call access to...
