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Community voices shaping tomorrow’s health and social care services today
South Lanarkshire’s Integration Joint Board (IJB) has highlighted the impact of lived and living experiences in helping develop local health and social care services – with the South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Forum (HSCF) recognised as providing a key...
NHS Lanarkshire is temporarily opening wards at Udston Hospital in Hamilton
NHS Lanarkshire is temporarily opening wards at Udston Hospital in Hamilton. Patients who are currently in the Care of the Elderly wards at University Hospital Wishaw will transfer to the Udston Hospital wards. This will allow the beds at University Hospital Wishaw to...
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge speak with staff at University Hospital Monkands
Staff at University Hospital Monklands were amazed by a recent telephone call – from The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The call from Their Royal Highnesses, which took place on Wednesday 1 April, was to thank staff for their tireless work responding to the Covid-19...
Email address for PPE donations
NHS Lanarkshire hospitals have been inundated with generous offers of personal protective equipment (PPE). So much so that a new email address has been created to help manage the donations and their onward distribution. People are being asked to email...
Abuse of health and social care staff condemned
Pictured: Councillor Paul Kelly, depute chair, Health & Social care North Lanarkshire A number of health and social care staff in North Lanarkshire have been verbally abused in the street in recent days while delivering care to some of the area’s most vulnerable...
Lanarkshire Covid-19 assessment hubs set up: patients urged not to self-present
Assessment hubs for people who may need medical attention for Coronavirus (Covid-19) have gone live in Lanarkshire. As part of the robust emergency response to the pandemic, NHS Lanarkshire has now established a Community Telephone Triage Hub and two Covid-19...
Vital steps in place to help NHS Lanarkshire respond to patients with COVID-19 symptoms
The current coronavirus (COVID-19) situation continues to pose GP practices in Lanarkshire with increasingly significant capacity challenges. In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic and the latest Scottish government advice, NHS Lanarkshire continues to work closely...
