The Evening Times ran an article about figures in a new report showing that women from Lanarkshire experience higher-than-average rates of stillbirth and neonatal deaths than other parts of Scotland. The region recorded the second-highest rate in Scotland with 6.42 deaths per 1,000 births. However it is worth noting that the figure of 7,096 Lanarkshire resident […]
Lady Home joins dementia campaign
Lady Home Hospital in Lanark is the latest site in Lanarkshire to join a groundbreaking initiative to help patients living with dementia.
The hospital has become part of John’s Campaign, which supports people with dementia by ensuring they are surrounded by familiar faces around the clock by letting their family and carers stay with them on the ward.
Representatives of South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership and various partners recently welcomed Gillian McAuley, chief nurse at Wishaw General Hospital and Scottish ambassador for John’s Campaign, to launch the campaign.
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