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Leaders in Flow Navigation meet in Lanarkshire to strengthen collaboration
NHS Lanarkshire – recognised nationally for leading innovation in Flow Navigation – has hosted health and care leaders from across Scotland to share insight and strengthen collaboration in urgent and unscheduled care. The national summit, co-hosted by the Centre for...
Public health warning as Lanarkshire Covid Cases Rise
Local residents are being urged to keep Lanarkshire out of lockdown as a rise in local cases brings the area close to Covid-19 restrictions being imposed. Restrictions on visiting other households have been introduced in Glasgow city, West Dunbartonshire and East...
Health Secretary and National Clinical Director thank NHS staff
Health Secretary Jeane Freeman MSP, joined by National Clinical Director Jason Leitch, visited University Hospital Hairmyres (Monday 31 August) to thank staff for their efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic and to see how the hospital has changed as services recover....
Think ahead: keep our community health and social care staff safe
People across Lanarkshire are being reminded that they must proactively inform visiting community health and social care staff if they are showing signs of having Coronavirus (COVID-19). Patients, service users (or a family member representing someone in receipt of...
New confirmed cases of Covid-19 in South Lanarkshire
NHS Lanarkshire has confirmed new cases of Covid-19 have been identified in South Lanarkshire. There is one case associated each of the following schools and nursery; First Steps Nursery School in Hamilton (staff member), Holycross High School in Hamilton (pupil),...
NHS Lanarkshire issue Covid testing plea
NHS Lanarkshire’s public health team is issuing an urgent reminder to self-isolate and book a test ONLY if you have Covid symptoms or you have been instructed to do so by test and protect. Gabe Docherty, NHS Lanarkshire Director of Public Health, said: “As a result of...
Assurance from Director of Public Health as indoor care home visiting remains under close review
NHS Lanarkshire and partners are offering assurance to care home residents and their families that the reinstatement of indoor visiting remains under close review. Although outdoor visiting continues, as well as essential indoor visits, officials continue to work with...
