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Free programme helps families create a smoke-free home
NHS Lanarkshire’s Quit Your Way Team has launched its latest programme as part of a research study to support Lanarkshire families in creating a smoke-free home. The study aims to tackle the number of children breathing in second-hand smoke at home, and is being led...
Health and Social Care Partnerships encourage people across Lanarkshire to join national conversation
People in Lanarkshire are being encouraged to join a national conversation focusing on their health and care experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic. The respective Health and Social Care Partnerships of South and North Lanarkshire are supporting a nationwide...
NHS Lanarkshire warns Covid positive inpatient numbers are now higher than at height of pandemic first wave
The number of people being admitted to hospital in Lanarkshire with confirmed or suspected Covid-19 is now higher than at the peak of the first wave of the pandemic. On 21 October, NHS Lanarkshire hospitals hit 90% capacity and were treating 220 patients with...
Advice against non-essential travel to very high or high alert areas in England
Commenting on the First Minister's statement advising against non-essential travel to very high or high alert areas under England’s new three tier system, Gabe Docherty, director of public health, NHS Lanarkshire, said: “While we are aware Blackpool is a popular...
Message from Director of Public Health as indoor care home visiting remains under close review
The Director of Public Health for NHS Lanarkshire has offered a renewed assurance to care home residents and their families that the reinstatement of indoor visiting remains under close review. Gabe Docherty also stressed that his unremitting focus is on keeping...
Captain Chaos’ collection for clinicians
Captain Chaos handed over a huge cheque to thank staff at University Hospital Monklands. The seven-year-old wrestling fan, also known as Caelan McFaulds, received treatment for a leg injury at the hospital during lockdown. He decided that he wanted to give back to the...
Public health warning as Lanarkshire Covid Cases Rise
Local residents are being urged to keep Lanarkshire out of lockdown as a rise in local cases brings the area close to Covid-19 restrictions being imposed. Restrictions on visiting other households have been introduced in Glasgow city, West Dunbartonshire and East...
