NHS Lanarkshire hopes to reintroduce non-urgent elective procedures next month

direct to your inboxCaptain Sir Tom Moore's life is set to be celebrated through an event next month on what would have been his 101st birthday.The World War II veteran was laid to rest in a private ceremony on Saturday (February 27) following his death aged 100.The event, which was announced by Captain Sir Tom's daughter will see people around the world be able to get involved on April 30.Hannah Ingram-Moore said that the event "will truly celebrate his generosity of spirit, the hope and joy he

Saturday Night Live will return to live shows on March 27 with Maya Rudolph as host and rapper Jack Harlow as musical guest, the NBC late-night show revealed tonight.

EA Motive‘s Star Wars Squadrons.Star Wars Squadrons launched in October last year for PC, Xbox One, and PS4, later releasing on next-gen PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles.In a four-star review of the game NME wrote: “Star Wars Squadrons is well worth the money for the gameplay alone, especially if you want to get as close as you can to the childhood fantasy of Star Wars space combat.”Also featured in next month’s bundle include Madden NFL 21, as well as NHL 21 which will be dropping sometime in

Ubisoft has announced that the multiplayer mode for Watch Dogs: Legion will arrive as a free update early next month.The free update will launch on March 9 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and Google Stadia. Once the update has been downloaded, players will be able to access it as a standalone option on the main menu.

coronavirus lockdown later today, with all schools expected to open once more on March 8.The Prime Minister will share his four-part plan to lift lockdown with MPs this afternoon, before unveiling it to the public at a news conference at 7PM.From March 29, up to six people or two households will be allowed to meet outdoors, Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi has confirmed.Socialising in parks and public spaces with one other person will also be permitted in a fortnight when the rules are relaxed to

Bad Trip, the new prank movie starring Eric André, finally has a release date.The film, which also stars Tiffany Haddish, and Lil Rel Howery, saw delays last year owing to the coronavirus crisis but is now confirmed to land on Netflix on March 26.The Kitao Sakurai-directed movie follows André and Howery as they pull pranks across the US.

Corey Taylor has teased some “massive” Slipknot news that he says will “probably” be revealed within the next month.The band are currently looking to the future, with tour dates planned for this summer and talk of a follow-up to their 2019 album ‘We Are Not Your Kind’ possibly being readied for a release later this year.Speaking to Kerrang! Radio this week, Taylor hinted that big news from the Slipknot camp is on the horizon.“There’s some stuff brewing that I can’t talk about, but it’s massive,”

Lanarkshire to focus acute service delivery on Covid-19 inpatients and emergency care. Treatments for urgent cancer care remained in place and all three acute sites continue to operate an emergency service for theatres and diagnostics.

link!Dr Russell added: “We are vaccinating people as quickly and as safely as possible.

link!The exceptions are people aged over 80 and those who are aged over 80 and housebound.If you are in this age group and haven’t received your vaccination, contact your GP practice and staff will then pass on your details.People who are housebound and aged under 80 will automatically receive an appointment at a large vaccination clinic.They are asked to call the number on their letter and let them know they are housebound.When you attend your appointment, you are asked to remember to bring

People aged over 80 and people who are aged over 80 and houseboundNHS Lanarkshire worked with colleagues in GP practices to vaccinate this group. If you are in this age group and have not received your vaccination, please contact your GP practice.

link!Judith Park, NHS Lanarkshire director of acute services, said: “The number of Covid-19 patients in our hospitals has stabilised and is showing signs of falling, albeit gradually.

link!Maternity and neonatal clinics will continue as normal in the meantime. Appointments for urgent referrals, including cancer referrals, will also continue.Due to continued pressure on the whole system as a result of increasing cases of Covid-19, GP practices were also asked to manage their delivery of service by prioritising urgent care.Judith added: “Our staff are battling to save lives every day and I am immensely proud of them.

link!“The Scottish government budget once again fails to provide sufficient funding to maintain vital local services in our communities – the proposed settlement to all councils falls well short of the budget increase from Westminster.“Yet again we will be faced with having to cut services or jobs to balance the books; every SNP councillor, MSP and MP in North Lanarkshire has a responsibility to join us in fighting for their constituents.”

link!Although the majority of the public continue to show consideration and support in the collective effort to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, a joint statement has followed an increase of reports from concerned frontline staff about incidents of hostility from a minority.Heather Knox, Chief Executive of NHS Lanarkshire, Ross McGuffie and Val de Souza, Chief Officers of North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships have united in a robust response.It reads: “The majority of

Activision has announced that Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time will launch on next-gen consoles and Nintendo Switch next month.The publisher shared via the Activision blog that the PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch version of the game will be released on March 12.

link!While most people who get Covid will feel unwell for around a week, some people will unfortunately become much worse around day 10 and may need to go to hospital.