NHS Lanarkshire is one of the best performing health boards for stroke services. The figures were released today in the Scottish Stroke Care Audit (SSCA) National Report. The SSCA monitors the quality of care of over 13,000 people seen in hospitals in Scotland each year. Katrina Brennan, NHS Lanarkshire stroke managed clinical network (MCN) manager, […]

The new joint health and council building in the heart of Wishaw has been named the Houldsworth Centre. The new centre sits on the site of the former library on Kenilworth Avenue and replaces Wishaw Health Centre and Wishaw library. The name, which is taken from the Houldsworth family who founded Coltness Iron Works, was […]

An East Kilbride shuttle bus driver wants more talking behind his back. The driver of the free service which runs from the new Hunter Community Health Centre, doesn’t have a fetish for gossip, but simply wants more patients, public and NHS staff using his bus. Callum McKinstray said: “I’ve been really impressed with the number of […]

Sepsis claims over 37,000 lives in the UK annually – more than lung cancer, and more than breast cancer and bowel cancer combined. Research shows that early recognition and intervention may save as many as 15,000 lives each year. The Sepsis Six is a set of evidenced based interventions which can increase a patient’s chance […]

Lanarkshire residents have told how student dentists and nurses have put smiles back on their faces. They were beneficiaries of an initiative at NHS Lanarkshire’s Dental Outreach Centre in the Buchanan Centre, Coatbridge, which gives people not registered with a dentist the chance to get a course of dental treatment absolutely free. Since the initiative was launched […]