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Health boards join forces to support pregnant women to quit smoking
NHS Lanarkshire’s Quit Your Way team has joined forces with Public Health Scotland, NHS 24, and health boards across the country to launch a new social media campaign encouraging pregnant women to quit smoking. Raising awareness of the free support available to...
Physios give key intensive care support amid virus challenge
NHS Lanarkshire physiotherapists added a new emotional challenge to their work skills, by stepping into unfamiliar critical care roles to help tackle coronavirus. Although respiratory physiotherapy staff undertake duties in an intensive care unit (ICU) regularly,...
Health & Social Care North Lanarkshire wants to hear from you on International What Matters to You? Day
Staff at Health & Social Care North Lanarkshire (HSCNL) are encouraging as many people as possible to have a ‘What matters to you?’ conversation with friends, family or children they are supporting or caring for. This year’s international ‘What matters to you?’...
Help with physical distancing in emergency departments
NHS Lanarkshire is asking people to help with physical distancing in hospital emergency departments. There has been a large increase in the number of people attending the emergency departments at NHS Lanarkshire’s acute hospitals in the past few days. This, along with...
Spirit of partnership working central to ongoing action plan to support care homes
A well-established culture of partnership working has been bolstered to support and protect residents and staff in care homes. There are 80 older adult care homes in Lanarkshire, the majority of which are owned by independent sector providers. Although the sector has...
Mrs Parker strikes the right note in care home musical marathon
Mrs Parker strikes the right note in care home musical marathon
Creation of a ‘virtual health and social care superstructure’ underpinned by keeping people safe
Thousands of people in Lanarkshire have received vital support in recent weeks via a newly-created health and social care ‘virtual superstructure’. Technology called NHS Lanarkshire Near Me, allows health and social care providers to offer secure video call access to...
