Strategy encourages greater public input into North Lanarkshire's health and social care services

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Councillors have expressed cross-party support for local authority employees to receive the same £500 bonus being awarded to health workers.Members of North Lanarkshire Council’s Joint Consultative Committee for local government employees unanimously agreed to send an official letter to the Scottish Government supporting calls from trade unions that its recently announced bonus fails to acknowledge the work

local authority can buy “off-the-shelf” properties which will then be used for rental, sought proposals in five areas including Monklands this summer and has to date led to “a number being considered with potential to deliver over 300 homes”.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.The amount of council housing in North Lanarkshire is to more than double in the next 15 years.During a meeting held earlier this month, councillors agreed to expand their current housebuilding target from 2150 new homes by 2027 to 5000 by 2035.This will mean a capital investment of £306 million, almost half of which will be used to make all local authority housing more environmentally friendly and energy

A MOTION calling for more than 200 additional teachers in North Lanarkshire schools has been passed.The plan, proposed by the Conservative group, would see 208 extra teachers in schools across the local authority area and was passed by 37 councillors with an SNP amendment being defeated.The motion also called on councillors to agree that a letter would be sent from the local authority to the SNP Education Secretary John Swinney to state North Lanarkshire Council’s support for this policy and

direct to your inboxThe coronavirus pandemic has exposed the crisis in the "broken" social care system – and it would be "immoral" not to fix it, Andy Burnham has warned.The mayor of Greater Manchester said the only way to cope with an ageing population would be to more closely integrate social care with the NHS.

direct to your inboxSnow has fallen across Greater Manchester this Bank Holiday Monday.But what is the weather going to be like the rest of the day?Here's our hour-by-hour forecast for the region - for every borough.There's a Met Office yellow warning for snow and ice in place until 6pm.An area of rain, sleet and snow moved south through Sunday night.It's caused icy surfaces and some travel disruption.Drivers are being told to expect longer journey times.Get the latest updates from across

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Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Lanarkshire residents who feel unwell this winter can get help from a wide range of NHS services across the area.People are being urged to prepare by checking repeat prescriptions and supplies of essential medications; finding out what services are available at their local pharmacy; and keeping NHS Inform and NHS24 details close to hand, in case they are needed.Darker days, colder weather and Covid-19

nine local decision-making groups – including one each for Airdrie and Coatbridge, plus a Northern Corridor board covering areas including Glenboig and Chryston – will be able to look at the issue of lighting for 2021 using participatory budgeting powers which allocate spending to projects identified by local residents.

described as “distressing” by depute council leader Paul Kelly, when a lack of organised public displays due to coronavirus restrictions meant many more individual fireworks were set off in neighbourhoods around Monklands and across the authority area – with two houses in Motherwell being set ablaze.

direct to your inboxThe new highly transmissible strain of Covid-19 is not thought to have reached Greater Manchester yet, say the region's health leaders. A variant of the virus, which is said to be behind huge spikes in the south of England, is believed to have already reached parts of Cumbria.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterNorth Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership staff have been working hard to help provide some Christmas cheer for some of North Ayrshire's most vulnerable families.Children and Families staff in Kilwinning and the Three Towns have organised a ‘Chicken Dinner’ fundraiser, with the money raised being used to provide a festive meal for some of the families they have been working with throughout

A WAR of words has broken out between North Lanarkshire’s Labour and SNP groups over what council leader Jim Logue has labelled the worst scenes he has seen “in over 40 years of elected politics”.The row stems from a council meeting held on Thursday where Labour claim SNP representatives showed “blatant disrespect for the public” and played music during other councillors’ contributions, while also accusing one member of “swearing during the proceedings”.But SNP group leader Tom Johnston hit

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Lanarkshire health chiefs are reminding people to be mindful of their alcohol intake this Christmas.In particular, people aged over 65 are being told, amid the coronavirus outbreak, that it’s more important than ever to look after their own health and wellbeing.North Lanarkshire Alcohol and Drug Partnership says drinking alcohol can impact people’s health in so many ways.It says regularly over-indulging can

direct to your inboxManchester council will proceed with plans to axe its ‘declining’ schools catering service next year despite concerns from councillors and trade unions.Around 430 people - mostly women on low incomes - are employed by Manchester Fayre across a third of the city’s schools.More schools are opting out of the council-run service every year as they want a greater control over pricing and the type of food provided to its pupils.With a dwindling client base and a potential £1m bill

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.NORTH Lanarkshire Council will hold a special meeting of its planning committee next Monday, December 21, to determine proposals from supermarket retailer Lidl for a new store in Airdrie.The application has been recommended for approval, subject to conditions.Lidl are proposing a store on the Burn Stewart Distillery on Carlisle Road which would create up to 40 jobs and “improve the choice available to

link.Conservative group leader Meghan Gallacher, who seconded the successful joint motion, said: “We were pleased to work alongside opposition councillors to scrap these throughout North Lanarkshire.“Both the Conservatives and the SNP agreed that parking charges would have a devastating impact on our town centres and communities.“This shows the strength of collegiate working between opposition groups to ensure the right decisions are made for the communities we represent.”Parking charges had

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eight town hubs across North Lanarkshire, incorporating schools alongside community facilities such as leisure and retail.