A smoke-free and ‘appier future

NHS Lanarkshire has partnered with Smoke Free, to give staff from hospitals and a number of local organisations additional support to quit smoking simply just b... Read More...

Coronavirus patient Brian recovers after treatment with special intensive care machine

Coronavirus patient Brian McBride spent over two months battling the illness in intensive care – including weeks on a life-saving machine that took over the wor... Read More...

NHS Lanarkshire sets out plans for second doses of the COVID-19 vaccination

NHS Lanarkshire is setting out plans for people to receive their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.   So far, more than 45,000 people across Lanark... Read More...

NHS Lanarkshire reaches milestone ahead of schedule

NHS Lanarkshire’s covid-19 vaccination programme has been continuing at speed and we have now offered appointments to everyone aged over 50 and those with under... Read More...

Tot who battled COVID as a baby is thriving as first birthday celebrations approach

It’s a happy first birthday to little Peyton Maguire, thought to have been Scotland’s youngest COVID patient when NHS Lanarkshire staff diagnosed her with the v... Read More...

NHS Lanarkshire chief executive praises public and colleagues on coronavirus anniversary

NHS Lanarkshire chief executive Heather Knox has praised the fortitude of Lanarkshire residents and her colleagues a year on from the start of the coronavirus p... Read More...

Another milestone reached in NHS Lanarkshire’s Covid-19 vaccination programme

NHS Lanarkshire has passed a second milestone in our Covid-19 vaccination programme. So far we have given 200,000 doses of the vaccine.   Dr Mark Rus... Read More...

NHS Lanarkshire staff choir join together for festive performance

Thanks to modern technology, NHS Lanarkshire’s staff choir are back, singing a song to spread Christmas cheer   For their third ‘lockdown’ performanc... Read More...

500 successful smoking quits with support from NHS Lanarkshire

500 people in Lanarkshire have quit smoking with the support of NHS Lanarkshire’s Quit Your Way service, since 1 April 2020.   When it comes to quitting smok... Read More...

NHS Lanarkshire appoints new Chief Executive

Heather Knox has been appointed Chief Executive of NHS Lanarkshire.   Heather has been interim Chief Executive of NHS Lanarkshire since June 2020. ... Read More...