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 […]
Over 100,000 volunteers sign up to SHARE
Over 100,000 volunteers across Scotland have signed up to help shape the medicines of the future.
To increase the number of volunteers further, NHS Lanarkshire held a series of events to encourage people to sign up to SHARE – the Scottish Health Research Register.
Rebecca Hamill (16) signed up at Wishaw General Hospital.
Rebecca said: “Both my younger brother and I have severe and potentially life-threatening allergies. As we, and everyone else in Scotland, could benefit from new treatments I think it is very important that we all contribute to research if we can and signing up to SHARE is a good start.”
SHARE is a partnership between the NHS in Scotland, the Scottish Government and universities in Scotland.
By signing up to SHARE, Rebecca has joined the largest register of volunteers in the UK which aims to make it easier for researchers to identify suitable recruits to help carry out ground-breaking medical research.
People can sign up at www.registerforshare.org
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