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September is preparedness month

Preparedness is not just for September – it is for every day, all year round. NHS Lanarkshire is encouraging people to be more ‘emergency-ready’ by doing one simple challenge each day throughout September. ‘30 Days, 30 Ways’ starts on 1 September and asks people to prepare for a range of emergencies. Everyone is welcome to […]

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Former chief medical officer among new appointments to Monklands Replacement Oversight Board

Former chief medical officer for Scotland Professor Sir Harry Burns is to be a member of the new oversight board for NHS Lanarkshire’s project to replace University Hospital Monklands. The appointment of Sir Harry, professor of global public health at the University of Strathclyde, as an independent member of the Monklands Replacement Oversight Board (MROB) […]

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Registration for Reading Ahead opens

This year’s Reading Ahead challenge will begin on Monday 2 September. All you have to do is pick six items to read in six months. It can be novels, comics, graphic novels, non-fiction, e-books or whatever you find enjoyable. A small prize is available each time you complete a read. Once you have completed each […]

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Organ Donation Week: 2-8 September

This year’s Organ Donation Week takes place between 2 and 8 September. Currently, at least one person on average dies every day in need of an organ transplant, often because families haven’t discussed the subject and don’t know whether to authorise donation on behalf of their relative or not when their relative dies. During the […]