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 […]
A mixed bag to start September
The first week in September was a mixed bag in the press
The Carluke and Lanark Gazette, Hamilton Advertiser and Airdrie and Coatbride Advertiser highlighted that this year’s Annual Review had a record number of attendances.
The Evening Times and Hamilton Advertiser featured a story that two projects to help people living with dementia have been shortlisted for awards.
The Wishaw Press and Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser carried the story of midwife Mary Moffat who is encouraging local residents to join the organ donor register, in a bid to save more lives like her children’s.
The Wishaw Press and Hamilton Advertiser highlighted that the new Lincluden Medical Centre in Uddingston has been officially opened.
However, it was not all good news during the week.
There were mixed reactions to the story of a mental health ward based in Coatbridge is being relocated to Wishaw in a radical shake up of services. The Wishaw Press and Bellshill Speaker covered the story positively, however the same story featured negatively in the Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser.
The Wishaw Press highlighted some negative feedback received over the new Houldsworth Centre.
The Daily Record, Wishaw Press, Motherwell Times and East Kilbride News also featured an article on staffing figures that had appeared in the press the week before.
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