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Pioneering digital inclusion project transforms connection in South Lanarkshire care homes
In South Lanarkshire, technology is being used in a new way – not just to improve efficiency, but to transform how residents in care homes stay connected, included and supported in their daily lives. David Walker Gardens Care Home in Rutherglen has become the first in...
Take Care When Out and About as Weather Continues to be Icy
Hospitals across Scotland are experienced a huge surge of patients requiring x-rays and treatment after slips and falls and other ice related injuries following days of freezing weather. Doctors in Lanarkshire are asking everyone to be extra careful as the snow and...
Please Have a Quiet New Year & Follow the Guidance on Social Distancing
Hospitals across Lanarkshire are experiencing a significant increase in the number of patients being admitted with Covid-19 with the number of cases doubling over the last two weeks. This is now resulting in increased admissions to our hospitals and we expect a...
90 year old former carer is Scotland’s first care home resident vaccinated against COVID-19
NHS Lanarkshire started the process of delivering its coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination programme to care home residents and staff today (Monday, 14 December). Hamilton’s Abercorn care home was the first in Scotland to be visited as NHS Lanarkshire registered nurses...
Delivery of the eagerly-awaited covid-19 vaccine has started in Lanarkshire
Today (8 December) saw the first people in Lanarkshire received the eagerly-awaited covid-19 vaccine. The recipients were Dr Karen Gray and Andrew Stewart at University Hospital Hairmyres – both staff have direct patient contact. Dr Gray, Consultant Radiologist, said...
Lanarkshire carers thanked for their help and compassion in the community
Carers across Lanarkshire have been thanked for their help in looking after loved ones and friends during the COVID-19 pandemic. The chief officers of Lanarkshire’s respective Health and Social Care Partnerships praised carers for their commitment and dedication in...
Reminder that violence and aggression will not be tolerated
Leaders from the NHS and the respective Health and Social Care Partnerships in Lanarkshire have issued a reminder that any form of violence and aggression towards staff will not be tolerated. Although the majority of the public continue to show consideration and...
