NHS Lanarkshire apologises after more than 400 Covid-19 data breaches in three months

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/no-plans-impose-lanarkshire-lockdown-22398658Aberdeen residents woke up this morning to being back in lockdown as the first local crackdown is implemented in Scotland.Bars, cafes and restaurants in the city have shut for at least seven days and more than 228,000 residents were told they can't enter each other's homes or travel further than five miles.Following the outbreak at the Sitel call centre last month, where staff members were advised to

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.NHS Lanarkshire expects a number of changes in its winter flu programme due to the coronavirus pandemic.The health board has red flagged its vaccination programme as “very high risk”.The Scottish Government is finalising plans to make the flu jab available to more people this winter, potentially anyone over 50, in preparation for a possible second wave of Covid-19.In official documents, NHS Lanarkshire warns that

New pedestrianised zone created in city centre to help with social distancing His financial report warned members health board’s financial position for 2020/21 is “very much dependant on the level of Scottish Government funding received to offset the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.”But Mr Lyall stressed to board members on Thursday: “We are looking to get funding allocations by the end of 2020.“We are on top of this. The Scottish Government is on top of this.

Police are appealing for information after two luxury cars were torched outside a property in Lanarkshire.The incident took place between 12.15am - 12.40am in the early hours of yesterday morning (Wednesday, July 29) in Lees Court, Coatbridge.Cops believe the white Mercedes and white Chrysler were deliberately set on fire.The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service attended and extinguished the blaze safely and there were no injuries.Detective Constable Jamie Routledge, of Lanarkshire CID, said:

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.THE leader of North Lanarkshire Council’s Conservative group has criticised payments of more than £12.2 million made by the authority to departing staff in recent years.Councillor Meghan Gallacher says these figures highlight how council resources have been “stretched to the bone” by Scottish Government cuts to local authorities.The council has made 475 agreements in just the last three years, with the bill totalling

https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/eat-out-to-help-out/find-a-restaurant/ML1 - MOTHERWELL■ Battered and Salted, 118 Merry Street■ Bizarre Bar Ltd, Strathclyde Country Park■ Coffee Shop, Strathclyde Country Park■ Costa Coffee, 99 Brandon Parade South■ Dalziel Park, 100 Hagen Drive■ Electric Bar, 291 Airbles Road■ Hup Lee Restaurant, 131 Merry Street■ Indian Villa, 68-70 Windmillhill Street■ Lochview Themepark (Scotland) ltd t/a Alona Hotel, Strathclyde Country Park■ McDonald’s, Brandon Parade South■

as highlighted in yesterday’s Scottish Government First Minister, briefing are: ■ Owen’s Bar in Coatbridge■ The Railway Tavern in Motherwell■ Costa at the Bell Quadrant in Carfin■ END clothing store in Glasgow■ Merlin’s Bar in MotherwellDr David Cromie, NHS Lanarkshire’s consultant in public health medicine, would like to reassure the anyone who may have visited these places in recent times.He said: “NHS Lanarkshire’s public health team believe the risk to the public of Covid-19 is extremely

Covid-19 in recent days could be linked to the outbreak at a call centre in North Lanarkshire.

coronavirus was reported at a call centre in Motherwell. At least six workers at the Sitel office in Maxim Park, near Bellshill, have been diagnosed with the deadly virus.

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.NHS Lanarkshire is investigating an outbreak of Covid-19 amongst staff at a virus contact tracing centre in North Lanarkshire.Scotland’s deputy First Minister John Swinney confirmed on Monday morning that six members of staff at the centre operated by Sitel at Maxim Park, Eurocentral near Motherwell have tested positive for the coronavirus with eight now being confirmed by NHS Lanarkshire.Staff working at the centre were

BBC Radio 6 Music has apologised after a song including a racial slur was played on air during Cerys Matthews’ radio show yesterday.The former Catatonia singer hosts the morning slot every Sunday and played a cover of ‘The Mississippi Shore’ by Scottish singer Thomas Fraser during yesterday’s broadcast.But the track soon faced criticism after listeners noticed that a racial slur is heard in one lyric.The controversial section states: “I can hear them d*****s singing.

pregnant Scots teenager who says she was told to take paracetamol for ‘unbearable stomach pains’ gave birth to a stillborn baby hours later.Klaudia Cierpial had a scan at 20 weeks showing her baby girl was healthy.Six weeks later, the 18-year-old, who lives with her partner Brad Sheldon, 21, in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, said she began to suffer painful stomach aches at 26 weeks pregnant.She visited Wishaw General on 12 April after suffering reduced movement and complaining about

NHS Tayside operations caused by the impact of COVID-19.

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.Patients in hospitals across NHS Lanarkshire will again be able to receive visits from a loved one.Hospital visiting is now being re-instated in a staged approach.This comes after hospitals across Scotland had to take the exceptional step of stopping all but essential visitors coming into hospitals.Susan Friel, nurse director for Acute Services at NHS Lanarkshire, said: “Stopping hospital visiting was absolutely

The internet is filled with stories of Bill Murray popping up in random places.

Perth and Kinross Council “progressing well” with the roll-out of its childcare program Antibody tests are not currently being used for public testing in Scotland but are used to detect antibodies to the COVID-19 virus to see if you have previously had the virus.The test works by taking a blood sample and testing for the presence of antibodies to see if you have developed an immune response to the virus.Antibody tests differ to virus swab tests, which test to see if you currently have the