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For all media enquiries contact the NHS Lanarkshire Communications Department by emailing media@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk. Please note this media box is only monitored Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.
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Baby Loss Awareness Week activities and events
Baby Loss Awareness Week encourages everyone in the baby loss community, and beyond, to come together to remember and commemorate our much loved and missed babies. This year NHS Lanarkshire's three acute hospital sites will be lit up pink and blue from Thursday 9 to...
Public urged to keep A&E for those who need critical care
NHS Lanarkshire is urging the public to access the right care at the right place as it continues to face unprecedented pressures on A&E. Last week, NHS Lanarkshire highlighted the continued pressure on health and care services as a result of increased Covid-19...
Continued pressure on health and care services
Health and care services continue to experience unprecedented levels of pressure across Lanarkshire. These pressures are a result of three main factors; increased COVID-19 cases, trying to maintain and recover services - including planned operations - and a shortage...
Lanarkshire GPs continue to offer face-to-face appointments for area’s most vulnerable
Lanarkshire is continuing to experience record high demand on health and social care services with GP workloads increasing by approximately 30% since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, GPs are pulling out all the stops to ensure face-to-face appointments are...
NHS Lanarkshire completes first dose vaccinations
NHS Lanarkshire has completed all first doses of the covid-19 vaccination and is now moving to a mop-up phase and focusing on second doses. Dr Mark Russell, Lead for the covid-19 vaccination programme in Lanarkshire, said: “Everyone in Lanarkshire who is eligible for...
COVID-19 vaccine self-registration portal for all adults
All adults in NHS Lanarkshire who haven’t had their first COVID-19 appointment can self-register now at www.nhsinform.scot/vaccineregistration Anyone aged 18 and over in Lanarkshire who has not received a first coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination appointment or has...
NHS Lanarkshire increases the number of vaccination drop-in clinics
Over the coming weeks NHS Lanarkshire is increasing the number of covid-19 vaccination drop-in clinics and the number of appointments available for rebooking. The drop-in clinics are for anyone who lives in Lanarkshire and: is age 18 or over who has not had a first...
