People in Lanarkshire are being egged on to stay healthy this Easter. The national Be Health-Wise This Easter campaign is encouraging people to be prepared so that ill-health doesn’t spoil their holiday. “By re-stocking your medicine cabinet, knowing when your GP surgery or pharmacist is open and planning ahead for any necessary repeat prescriptions, you […]

NHS Lanarkshire is highlighting Bowel Cancer Awareness Month in a drive to encourage more people to talk about and take part in bowel screening. The most recent national figures show NHS Lanarkshire has made huge strides in increasing uptake of bowel screening. It has risen from 47.7 per cent when the programme began in 2009 […]

Building work is underway at Monklands Hospital to increase the size of the emergency department, creating a bespoke area for a Rapid Assessment and Treatment Team. Interim changes have already seen a temporary rapid assessment and treatment area set up. The public entrance, waiting room and reception have also moved temporarily ahead of their permanent […]

A partnership approach is in place to turn NHS Lanarkshire’s healthcare strategy Achieving Excellence into reality. NHS Lanarkshire is working jointly with Health and Social Care North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership to implement the plans. The health strategy is both aligned to and dependent upon the strategic commissioning plans of […]