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Lanarkshire’s Frailty Strategy helping people live independently at home
University Health & Social Care North Lanarkshire (UHSCNL) is marking the successful first year of its Frailty Strategy for 2024-29, aimed at helping older people across Lanarkshire maintain independence, good health, and remain living comfortably at home for...
NHS Lanarkshire rolls out COVID-19 vaccine to GP and community settings
Those aged 80 years of age and over invited forward for vaccination  NHS Lanarkshire is getting ready to vaccinate those aged 80 years of age and over as it rolls out the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine into GP and community settings from January 11. With mainland...
Continue to Quit Your Way
NHS Lanarkshire is continuing to support residents to quit smoking during the fight against coronavirus. Quit Your Way is a free stop smoking service, where trained and friendly advisers can be contacted in line with coronavirus restrictions via Freephone or live web...
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...
