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Baby friendly Lanarkshire

Baby friendly Lanarkshire

Health visiting services in Lanarkshire have once again been awarded the prestigious ‘Baby Friendly Award’ from Unicef. The international award is given to services that display best standard practices to protect, promote and support breastfeeding and to strengthen mother-baby and family relationships. Anne Marie Bruce, NHS Lanarkshire acting infant feeding development midwife, said: “This reaccreditation […]

Medical receptionist dies in Tunisian tragedy

Last week the world was shocked by the attack on holidaymakers at the Tunisian resort of Sousse and we were very sad to receive the news that Ann McQuire, part-time receptionist at Cadzow Medical Centre, and her husband Jim were two of the victims who died in the atrocity. Paying tribute to Ann, practice manager […]

Healthy lifestyles on the agenda at learning disability events

Healthy lifestyles on the agenda at learning disability events

NHS Lanarkshire’s learning disability service held two events as part learning disability week. The free healthy lifestyles events took place in the Sir Matt Busby Leisure Centre, Bellshill and the Fairhill Lifestyles Centre in Hamilton. The aim of them was to give people with a learning disability, their families and carers the chance to speak […]

Skin cancer nurse Jean Grenfell urges us all to stay safe this summer

Skin cancer nurse Jean Grenfell urges us all to stay safe this summer

There are now over 11,000 cases of skin cancer diagnosed every year in Scotland. The massive figure means that skin cancer is now the fastest growing cancer in the country. Because it is mainly caused by ultraviolet light from the sun and sun beds, there are simple steps that we can all take to reduce […]

Stay safe in the sun with Rabbie Burns and Rabbie Disnae Burn

Stay safe in the sun with Rabbie Burns and Rabbie Disnae Burn

A new campaign is encouraging Lanarkshire residents to stay safe in the sun this summer and reduce the risk of skin cancer. Skin cancer is the fastest growing cancer in Scotland, with over 11,000 cases a year. The humorous social media campaign, which was launched this week, is a video parody of the Robert Burns […]