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Health board launches new drive to tackle racism
NHS Lanarkshire has launched a new initiative to take an active stance against racism. The health board’s first anti-racism plan aims to provide a safe and non-discriminatory environment for both staff and patients. The organisation’s new Anti-Racism Champion is Colin...
Hep A Cases
NHS Lanarkshire’s Public Health Team is investigating a small number of confirmed cases of hepatitis A in the Cumbernauld area. Two of the cases are children, one child attends a local school and the other child attends a local nursery. Dr Alison Smith-Palmer,...
North Lanarkshire residents set to have increased engagement in health and social care services
A new Engagement and Participation strategy encouraging greater public involvement, engagement and participation in University Health & Social Care North Lanarkshire’s services has now been launched. Launched at the Forgewood Community Centre, the new strategy...
1950s Railroad romance endures like steel – galvanised by Partnership’s Home Carers
Norman and Christine Edge wed in the Royal Oak Hotel, Lanark, in 1962 A love story that has burned for over six decades continues to shine brightly – fanned by the compassion of dedicated home carers. Sparks began to fly when Norman and Christine Edge met at...
Helen gives big thumbs-up as hand surgery frees her from agonising pain
A mum who couldn’t button her clothes, open a jar or even squeeze her toothpaste tube has told how she grasped the chance of a life-changing operation to cure agonising hand pain. Helen Young has a new lease of life after becoming the first person in Lanarkshire to...
Community health and wellbeing events in Lanark
A new community health and wellbeing fayre aimed at empowering local residents through accessible support and information is being held on Saturday 7 September. The event, at St Nicholas Church Hall from 11am to 3pm, is being organised by the Woodstock Patient...
Partnership invite views to help shape health and social care vision for tomorrow
People across South Lanarkshire are being invited to contribute their views to inform the development of a key plan for the ongoing development of local health and social care services. The South Lanarkshire Integration Joint Board (IJB) has begun to consult on the...
