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‘What might help?’ ensures the voices of North Lanarkshire’s unpaid carers are heard
Significant progress has been achieved in the first 12 months of the North Lanarkshire Carers Strategy 2024-2027. North Lanarkshire Integration Joint Board’s Performance, Finance and Audit Committee welcomed the news and vowed to continue providing supports for the...
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...
Helen gives big thumbs-up as hand surgery frees her from agonising pain
A mum who couldn’t button her clothes, open a jar or even squeeze her toothpaste tube has told how she grasped the chance of a life-changing operation to cure agonising hand pain. Helen Young has a new lease of life after becoming the first person in Lanarkshire to...
Community health and wellbeing events in Lanark
A new community health and wellbeing fayre aimed at empowering local residents through accessible support and information is being held on Saturday 7 September. The event, at St Nicholas Church Hall from 11am to 3pm, is being organised by the Woodstock Patient...