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Commitment to collaboration and protecting those most at risk
South Lanarkshire Integration Joint Board (IJB) has published its Annual Performance Report for 2024/25, highlighting how collaboration with partners, the workforce and local communities is at the heart of its approach to improving health and wellbeing across South...
Primary care services available on Monday 4 May 2020
All GP practices and most community pharmacies across Lanarkshire will be open as normal on Monday 4 May 2020. However, in the Cambuslang and Rutherglen areas of South Lanarkshire and the Chryston, Moodiesburn and Stepps areas of North Lanarkshire, a number of...
NHS Lanarkshire thanks Kilbryde Hospice for Covid-19 support
NHS Lanarkshire would like to thank Kilbryde Hospice for the support provided with University Hospital Hairmyres Covid-19 patients over the past few weeks. Kilbryde Hospice joined forces with South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership in March to support the...
Your NHS is open
A new Scottish Government campaign is underway to encourage people to seek medical help for health issues which are not related to coronavirus (COVID-19). Figures indicate patients are delaying going to their GP surgery or Accident and Emergency during the pandemic,...
Local charity are real LifeSavers
NHS Lanarkshire is working with local charity LifeSavers Scotland to help patients get to community assessment centres if they don’t have their own transport. The non-profit charity, based in East Kilbride, usually provide support to NHS Lanarkshire during the...
Routine immunisations continue during coronavirus outbreak
Immunisation appointments for children and pregnant women are continuing during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Scheduled immunisations are an important and legitimate medical reason to leave your house, and people who have an immunisation appointment should...
Happy to be home: baby Peyton – Scotland’s youngest coronavirus patient
Three-week-old baby Peyton, thought to be Scotland’s youngest COVID-19 patient, has recovered from the virus and is finally home, thanks to the dedicated care of NHS Lanarkshire staff. Tiny Peyton touched the nation’s hearts when she featured in last night’s BBC News...
