Innovation and preparation will ensure that NHS Lanarkshire is ready to meet the challenges of winter head on. NHS Lanarkshire has in place a robust plan so that patients continue to receive high quality care through the winter months. Craig Cunningham, head of South Lanarkshire Community Health Partnership and NHS Lanarkshire’s winter planning lead, said: […]

Almost half of all Lanarkshire GP surgeries will open extra hours on the two festive Mondays – 28 December and 4 January. On Monday 28 December, 70 practices will be open and 76 will open on Monday 4 January. Patients registered with these practices who need urgent access to see a GP, will be able […]

NHS Lanarkshire staff are asking the public to make a personal pledge to help reduce the use of antibiotics. The plea is part of this year’s European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD) which falls on 18 November. The annual event is used to help raise professional and public awareness about antibiotic overuse and the increase in […]

NHS Lanarkshire have launched their new training standards, which will ensure that all trainers are fully supported. The Training Standards were designed by the network to support NHS Lanarkshire Trainers’ with Good Practice guidance and support, as well as contributing to the delivery of quality, efficient and effective learning provision. Head of organisational development, Susan […]

Thanks to early identification and treatment, teams across NHS Lanarkshire have significantly reduced the number of patients contracting and dying from sepsis. Sepsis claims over 37,000 lives in the UK each year, which is more than prostate, bowel and breast cancer combined. Connie Sharrock, said: “Sepsis is a condition that we are still striving to […]