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Eligible care home residents receive Covid-19 booster and Flu vaccines
We've 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, we have now vaccinated more than 3,000 residents with both the Covid-19...
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...
NHS Lanarkshire issues appointments for shingles vaccine
Local people aged 78 and 79 have started to receive appointments for their shingles vaccine. This vaccine was previously provided by GP practices. However, changes to the national GP contract sees this move to the responsibility of NHS Lanarkshire. This change is...
Significant milestone reached in covid-19 vaccination programme
NHS Lanarkshire has reached the significant milestone of administering one million doses of the covid-19 vaccine. This figure includes first and second doses as well as boosters and third doses for people who are immunosuppressed. Tom Elrick, General Manager for the...
NHS Lanarkshire sets out timeline for the next stage of vaccination programme
NHS Lanarkshire has set out the timeline for the next stage of the covid-19 and seasonal flu vaccination programmes. Dr Mark Russell, Lead for the covid-19 vaccination programme in Lanarkshire, said: “Delivering covid-19 vaccine first and second doses, boosters and...
NHS Lanarkshire offers covid-19 vaccine to 12 to 15-year-olds
Children and young people aged 12-15 years are now being offered a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine after Scottish Ministers accepted advice from the four UK Chief Medical Officers (CMOs). This includes all children and young people aged 12-15 who are not...
NHS Lanarkshire’s vaccination programme moves to new premises
NHS Lanarkshire’s covid-19 vaccination programme is moving to new premises next week, in preparation for the next stage of the programme. The majority of the sites are new, with the continued use of Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility and Fernhill Community Centre....
NHS Lanarkshire encourages parents to get primary and secondary school children vaccinated against flu
NHS Lanarkshire is encouraging parents to ensure that the flu vaccine consent forms being distributed through primary and secondary schools are completed and returned on time to protect their children, family and friends from flu this winter. Secondary school pupils...
NHS Lanarkshire extends opening times of vaccination clinics
To help improve access to covid-19 vaccination clinics, especially for 16 and 17 year olds, NHS Lanarkshire has extended the opening times of drop-in clinics. The drop-in covid-19 vaccination clinics at Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility and the Alistair McCoist...
Drop-in covid-19 vaccine clinics start for 16 and 17 year-olds in NHS Lanarkshire
All young people 16 and 17 years-of-age in NHS Lanarkshire will be able to get the covid-19 vaccine at any local drop-in clinic from Tuesday 10 August. From Friday (6 August), all 16 and 17 year-olds could self-register to get an appointment sent by text or email,...
