Coronavirus (COVID-19) – News Updates
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All eligible care home residents receive Covid-19 booster and Flu vaccines
NHS Lanarkshire has now competed administering the latest dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to eligible care home residents. The first health board in Scotland to vaccinate care home residents against Covid-19, NHS Lanarkshire has now vaccinated more than 3,000 residents...
Changes to Covid pathway
From the start of April, patients across Scotland who are unwell with Covid-19 symptoms and may require medical attention are being asked to contact their GP instead of NHS 24. NHS Inform’s coronavirus webpage remains the fastest way for people to obtain the latest...
NHS Lanarkshire’s three acute hospitals working beyond full capacity
NHS Lanarkshire is once again asking the public to consider alternatives to A&E and to expect long waits as pressure on the three acute sites continues to mount. As NHS Lanarkshire’s deputy director of acute services Russell Coulthard explains, there are a myriad...
New Covid treatments reduce risk of more serious illness
People in Lanarkshire with Covid-19 who have certain medical conditions are being offered new treatments to help manage symptoms and reduce more serious illness. A number of eligible patients in Lanarkshire have received letters from the Scottish Government letting...
Council and partnership colleagues supporting acute hospitals
NHS Lanarkshire is delighted to have the support of colleagues from North and South Lanarkshire councils to help staff across the three acute hospitals during these challenging times. As pressures across the acute sites continues as a result of winter pressures,...
GP practices across Lanarkshire remain open but are moving to delivering care in a different way
Health and social care services across Lanarkshire are continuing to experience more pressure than at any other point in their history. Due to this sustained pressure, record covid-19 numbers and ongoing staff sickness absence, NHS Lanarkshire has asked GP practices...
Self-care advice issued for thousands of Lanarkshire people self-isolating
With Covid cases and hospitalisations rising fast in Lanarkshire over the past week, NHS Lanarkshire today issued self-care advice for people sick at home with Covid or one of the other common winter illnesses. Speaking about the advice issued today, Dr Linda Findlay,...
Changes to hospital visiting arrangements
NHS Lanarkshire is making further changes to visiting arrangements across hospitals to ensure patient safety as cases of Omicron continue to rise in the community, including an increase in cases in the over 60s. We have made the decision to return to one visitor at a...
