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 […]
Delivering integration event on the way
Health and Social Care North Lanarkshire (H&SCNL) is holding an integration event for stakeholders to get their views on one year of partnership working.
Entitled ‘Delivering Integration’ it is aimed at services users, carers, staff and partners to:
- get views and thoughts on one year of the health and social care
- hear real life stories
- meet and talk to people who provide advice and support
- get new ideas on how it can help folk can keep themselves well.Chief accountable officer for H&SCNL, Janice Hewitt, said: “Over the past year the partnership has collated information which has allowed us to identify community health and social care needs and priorities in North Lanarkshire.
“We now have a plan to share with stakeholders to hear what they think of the journey so far and get ideas on future improvements.
“The most important part of the day will be hearing from service users, carers and families on how integration of health and social care has improved support, care and ultimately the lives of some of our most vulnerable people in North Lanarkshire.
“On the day we have also asked key leaders to tell us about some of the challenges we face and some of the opportunities we think might improve the health and social care outcomes in North Lanarkshire.”
Delivering Integration takes place on Wednesday 20 September 2017 in the Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility.
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