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GP practices across Lanarkshire to run additional hours over winter
GP practices across Lanarkshire are set to run additional opening hours this festive period, improving access to urgent care and helping relieve pressure on other NHS services. Many GP practices across Lanarkshire will run additional winter hours on Friday 26 December...
Inspirational health visitor wins award
An inspirational health visitor has won an NHS Lanarkshire Staff Award for their work within the community. Lorna Colquhoun, who won in the volunteer category, established the Airdrie charity ‘Bear Necessities’, which provides vital support and urgent essentials for...
Monklands Replacement Outline Business Case Approval
Exciting plans to replace University Hospital Monklands with a new landmark facility have taken a giant leap forward following Scottish Government approval of the outline business case. The approval gives NHS Lanarkshire and the people of Lanarkshire an extra special...
NHS Lanarkshire celebrate 75th anniversary of the NHS
NHS Lanarkshire has teamed up with partners at the University of Strathclyde to help celebrate the 75th anniversary of the NHS in Scotland. The NHS was created on 5th July 1948 and celebrates its 75th birthday on 5th July 2023. In a suite of videos, which have been...
Twenty years of Falls Service
It’s not just the NHS celebrating a landmark birthday this summer, as June marked twenty years of NHS Lanarkshire’s Specialist Falls Service. Based at Coathill Hospital in Coatbridge, this small multi-disciplinary team cover all areas of Lanarkshire. The team have...
Breastfeeding conference celebrates Scottish Breastfeeding Week
Parents, grandparents and staff from NHS Lanarkshire and partners came together at Lanarkshire’s annual Breastfeeding Conference to celebrate breastfeeding and Scottish Breastfeeding Week. The conference, which was held on Friday 9 June, helped to understand normal...
NHS Lanarkshire recognises inspirational staff
Healthcare staff and volunteers from across NHS Lanarkshire were recognised for the inspirational work they do at the Staff Awards ceremony 2023. The ceremony, which took place at South Lanarkshire Council’s banqueting hall in Hamilton, saw staff being recognised...
