NHS Lanarkshire set to call patients to update files

A team of health professionals from NHS Lanarkshire is delighted to be part of the biggest breakthrough so far in the battle against Covid-19.The doctors, nurses, pharmacists and research experts – who are based across the three NHS Lanarkshire acute hospitals – were part of the UK-wide Oxford Recovery Trial which is testing a number of potential treatments for Covid-19, including Dexamethasone.Dr Manish Patel, consultant in respiratory medicine, led the study in Lanarkshire along with his

Airdrie’s community assessment hub for Covid-19 is to be stood down from Monday as NHS Lanarkshire moves to concentrate the service at one facility in Hamilton.The health board’s triage service, where medical staff deal with all patient phone calls referred by NHS 24 and determine when a face-to-face appointment is needed, will remain based at Airdrie community health centre at present but will also later switch to the South Lanarkshire location.It will means that the area of the Graham Street

as seeing and interacting with the clinician can reassure and put the patient at ease. “In terms of the lockdown, as a safety precaution, we’ve had restricted capacity to go out and see patients.“Where we can we’ve been required to wear PPE, which can also be a barrier to that very important human interaction aspect.

As services begin to recover from Covid-19, NHS Lanarkshire has reinstated home births.Cheryl Clark, NHS Lanarkshire’s chief midwife, said: “As we move forward more of our services will begin to return. The first of these, is being able to offer home births again.

Riverdale cast became aware of these claims, Cole quickly responded and tweeted that he will be "working with the right teams to get to the root of it." And while saying that he doesn't want to silence anybody, Cole stated that these were "false accusations" and "factually untrue." He added, "This seems to be the latest claim in a series of incidents seeking to baselessly cancel my cast mates and me."Earlier today myself and three other cast mates were falsely accused of sexual offense by

NHS Lanarkshire medics are celebrating their role in securing the biggest breakthrough of the battle against COVID-19 so far.Doctors, nurses, pharmacists and research experts helped find the true value of a common steroid.Based across the health board’s three acute hospitals, the health professionasl were part of the UK-wide Oxford Recovery Trial that found Dexamethasone could cut the risk of death by a third for patients on ventilators.Now the respiratory consultant who headed up NHS

Noname just dropped her new track “Song 33”.

TOWIE star Chloe Meadows took to Instagram to launch exciting news to fans.The reality star, like many of her co-stars and predecessor is showing her entrepreneurial flare by starting her own jewellery line.The gorgeous blonde made the exciting announcement on Instagram, in the caption of a gorgeous snap of herself. Telling fans of her pending project, the pretty starlet revealed that the project had been in the works for sometime but had been pushed back due to Covid-19.

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New figures have revealed that nearly 40,000 workers in South Lanarkshire have been furloughed during the COVID-19 lockdown.And statistics from HMRC show the wages of nearly 100,000 jobs across Lanarkshire as a whole have been supported by the UK Government since the start of the coronavirus retention scheme.The scheme, along with the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS), were announced as part of a package of support measures for businesses affected by the coronavirus

Chance The Rapper has weighed in on the J. Cole and Noname row over lyrics in Cole’s new song ‘Snow On Tha Bluff’.The ‘Colouring Book’ rapper said J.

coronavirus outbreaks in non-covid hospital wards in one of the country’s biggest health boards.NHS Lanarkshire figures also show nearly 100 patients and staff were infected during the outbreaks.An official board document states: “Staff clusters of cases are becoming an area of increased concern.”Get all the top Scottish politics news sent straight to your Inbox by signing up to our Politics newsletter.We cover Holyrood, Westminster and local councils, with a current focus on how our governments

South Lanarkshire’s MPs have called for a return of virtual parliament sessions while coronavirus restrictions remain in place.From Tuesday, June 2, full parliamentary sessions return to Westminster, albeit with social distancing still in place.Virtual sessions have occupied the Houses of Parliament in London since the UK-wide lockdown came into force in March to allow MPs to safely represent their constituents.However, temporary legislation sanctioning virtual participation in debates and votes

Councillors in South Lanarkshire are backing a new initiative aimed at supporting victims of domestic violence during the coronavirus lockdown.Social enterprise Hey Girls, who work with South Lanarkshire Council to tackle period poverty, are getting behind the UK government’s #YouAreNotAlone campaign with financial support for women’s crisis shelters.Charities and domestic abuse campaigners have reported an increase in calls and outreach from those living in abusive households while lockdown has

NHS Lanarkshire is asking people to help with physical distancing in hospital emergency departments.There has been a large increase in the number of people attending the emergency departments at NHS Lanarkshire’s acute hospitals in the past few days.This, along with patients being accompanied by relatives, has made physical distancing very difficult.Dr John Keaney, NHS Lanarkshire acute medical director and consultant in emergency medicine, said: “We want to provide the best and safest care to

NHS Lanarkshire is asking people to help with physical distancing in hospital emergency departments.

Heather Knox has been appointed interim chief executive of NHS Lanarkshire.