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Latest Public Health Report Focuses on Children and Young People
This week saw the publication of the latest Director of Public Health Annual Report 2024. The main focus of the report is the health of infants, children and young people. The report explores some of the usual public health themes, through a child health lens. Last...
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,...
North Lanarkshire residents set to have increased engagement in health and social care services
A new Engagement and Participation strategy encouraging greater public involvement, engagement and participation in University Health & Social Care North Lanarkshire’s services has now been launched. Launched at the Forgewood Community Centre, the new strategy...
1950s Railroad romance endures like steel – galvanised by Partnership’s Home Carers
Norman and Christine Edge wed in the Royal Oak Hotel, Lanark, in 1962 A love story that has burned for over six decades continues to shine brightly – fanned by the compassion of dedicated home carers. Sparks began to fly when Norman and Christine Edge met at...
