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NHS Lanarkshire is set to welcome dedicated volunteers who will help provide excellent support to the people of Lanarkshire.
Find out more:
#NHSLanarkshireVolunteers
#TeamLanarkshire
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90 year old Annie Innes, from Lanarkshire, became the first care home resident in Scotland to receive the Covid-19 vaccination this morning.
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We have received our most recent delivery of protective equipment (PPE) at our central stores. 17 pallets containing masks and eye-wear, aprons and gloves and hand sanitiser. Ready for onward distribution to all sites – acute hospitals, primary care, GPs and out of hours centres.
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Three-week-old baby Peyton, though to be Scotland’s youngest COVID-19 patient, has recovered from the virus and is finally home, thanks to the dedicated care of NHS Lanarkshire staff. Full story here
@wishydocs
@WishawGen
@jasonleitch
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Thanks to modern technology, NHS Lanarkshire’s staff choir have been able to join together to sing a song of hope and friendship. The full song can be watched on our website.
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We would like to thank everyone who is staying at home and helping to protect the NHS and save lives.
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Tributes have poured in for a ‘selfless and bright’ health care support worker who has passed away from COVID-19 on Monday.
Colleagues have told how mum-of-two Kirsty Jones, 41, was ‘loved by both patients and relatives’ in her 24 year career.
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Thank you to everyone who took the time to applaud all essential workers tonight. We heard you and are incredibly touched to everyone who paid tribute.
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Thank you everyone for the wonderful round of applause. We appreciate your kindness and support. Very emotional times - thank you
#ClapForCarers
#stayathome
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Thanks to everyone for the wonderful round of applause
#clapforkeyworkers
This public display of support is very much appreciated and a real morale boost for our staff.
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Thanks for the wonderful
#ClapForCarers
at
@WishawGen
tonight. Our staff really appreciate your support
#StaySafe
#StayHome
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NHS Lanarkshire is set to become one of the first health boards in Scotland to provide a primary care occupational therapy (OT) service to all local GP practices.
For more information, visit
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Thank you to everyone who applauded all essential workers tonight
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We would like to thank everyone who is staying at home and helping to protect the NHS and save lives.
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Staff
@wearehairmyres
said a fond farewell to Neil McLaughlin who is believed to have had the longest stay in an intensive care unit in Scotland with COVID-19 (167 days). Neil thanks staff on his discharge home after a total of 195 days at the hospital.
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Today Eleanor Grant, our palliative care nurse specialist at University Hospital Wishaw, accepted the George Cross from Her Majesty The Queen on behalf of the NHS in Scotland. Eleanor was named Nurse of the Year at the Scottish Health Awards 2021.
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Delivery of the eagerly-awaited covid-19 vaccine has started in Lanarkshire. The first two recipients were Dr Karen Gray and Andrew Stewart from University Hospital Hairmyres. Also vaccinated today were staff from the Emergency Department and care of the elderly.
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If you missed the very moving
@BBCNews
at Six special report on how our brave and dedicated University Hospital Wishaw staff are meeting the challenge of coronavirus (COVID-19), it will be shown again tonight on
@BBCNews
at Ten
@WishawGen
@wishydocs
#COVID19
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Our musical maternity team are back with a new Christmas song for 2022. Wishing everyone a ‘Merry Christmas’.
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@WishawGen
is lit up in blue and pink to support Baby Loss Awareness Week 2021 (9 to 15 October).
#BLAW
#BLAW2021
#BabyLoss
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No one wants another lockdown. But Lanarkshire is close to facing additional Covid-19 restrictions. Help avoid this by following Gabe Docherty’s advice.
#StickWithItLanarkshire
#KeepLOL
#KeepLanarkshireOutOfLockdown
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Hospitals across Lanarkshire have seen the number of COVID cases double over the last 2 weeks. We are asking you to have a quiet New Year period. Please listen to a message from Lise Axford, Chief of Nursing Services at Hairmyes Hospital by clicking
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Meet Claire Rae, head of Physiotherapy. Claire has recorded this short video message to outline the steps being taken to recover Physiotherapy services
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Chief Medical Officer for Scotland
@DrGregorSmith
visited our covid-19 vaccination clinic at Ravenscraig yesterday for his vaccine. He had this kind message for everyone involved in the vaccination programme.
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Maternity staff from ward 22 at University Hospital Wishaw have produced a Christmas song to honour midwives who work on Christmas Day. Full video is on Vimeo and You Tube
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We are currently treating more patients for Covid-19 in our hospitals, than we were at the height of the first wave of the pandemic. With your help, we can reduce the risk of Covid-19 in our hospitals.
#WeAreScotland
#StickWithItScotland
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No one wants another lockdown. But Lanarkshire is close to facing additional Covid-19 restrictions. Help avoid this happening by following our advice.
@nlancouncil
@SouthLanCouncil
#StickWithitLanarkshire
#KeepLanarkshireoutoflockdown
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Appeal from acute nurse director due to ransomware attack.
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Our musical maternity team
@MaternityWishaw
are back with their Christmas song for 2023.
@WishawGen
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💙 Sending love to every NHS colleague working today. It’s been a really tough year, but we’ve got through it because of you. Be good to yourselves today.
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Today marks the start of our covid-19 mass vaccination centres for everyone aged 70 to 79 and those who are clinically extremely vulnerable. Joe (78) and Rosemary (76) McGlone from East Kilbride were among the first to receive their vaccinations. Read more
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We are delighted to announce that Heather Knox has been appointed Chief Executive of NHS Lanarkshire.
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Here's the story of just some of the many NHS Lanarkshire office-based staff who put their day jobs to one side to help out their clinical colleagues as we manage unprecedented numbers of patients needing care for winter illnesses
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Work is well underway in preparing our covid-19 community vaccination clinics, which start on 1 February. Soldiers from the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards have been helping us with the logistics and setting up the clinics.
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We've reached and surpassed the milestone of 100,000 local people receiving their first dose of the covid-19 vaccine.
This means that more than 20% of the local adult population have received their first dose.
Read more at
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NHS Scotland will participate in a minute’s silence at 11am on International Workers Memorial Day (28 April 2020), in honour of our colleagues who have sadly lost their lives to Covid-19.
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Congratulations to our Chair Neena Mahal on being awarded an MBE for Services to Healthcare in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.
A richly deserved honour for a fantastic Chair!
#QueensBirthdayHonours
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We would like to thank everyone for the tremendous response to our earlier message to rebook their vaccination appointment for this weekend. There is still capacity at Ravenscraig on Sunday afternoon & Monday. Our staff are working extremely hard to provide the vaccine asap.
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Eleanor Grant, palliative care nurse specialist at University Hospital Wishaw, is crowned winner in the ‘Nurse Award’ category at this year’s Scottish Health Awards in recognition of her care and compassion.
Read more at:
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Delighted to launch the national
#sepsis
awareness campaign today with
@stopsepsisnow
and
@scotgovhealth
. The video shows the
#sepsis
pre-alert we created with
@Scotambservice
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If you, or someone you know, is aged 80 or over and hasn’t received an appointment for the covid-19 vaccine, we are holding a clinic this weekend. We've received additional vaccines and want to vaccinate as many people as quickly and safely as possible.
Full details in image.
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A new community team has been established in Lanarkshire to test people – at home – who have been identified as being at risk of
#coronavirus
#COVID
-19. Full story at .
Links to latest info and advice at
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NHS Lanarkshire is calling on the people of Lanarkshire to play their part by turning to the right place at the right time to help alleviate the pressures on resources ahead of the weekend and beyond.
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At 8pm we will be clapping for all essential workers. We hope you will join us.
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Some people may experience side effects after the vaccine. These are usually mild and are much less serious than developing coronavirus. Any side effects usually go away within a few days. For more information on side effects, visit
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From 18 Mar, NHSL has taken the decision to suspend all visiting times at all NHSL hospitals & inpatient wards to limit the spread of coronavirus & protect vulnerable patients. Visiting will, however, be available in very limited circumstances. For more
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We have dramatically reduced pressure across our 3 acute hospitals following a successful 9-day firebreak. This has resulted in significant improvement in the % of patients meeting the 4-hour target & a reduction in hospital occupancy levels.
#ScottishAmbulanceService
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Well, we did it. A massive well done to all connected with
#dbi_scot
which has just won Care for Mental Health award at Scottish Health Awards 2019.
@Scotambservice
@policescotland
@penumbra_scot
@suppinmindscot
@LifelinkGlasgow
@_LAMH_
@RichmondScot
@SAMHtweets
#ScotHealthAwards
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Staff at UHWishaw helped a patient to virtually meet his new great-grand daughter.
Thanks to ward staff, Alex was able to have a video chat with his daughter and two granddaughters. He was also able to meet baby Cora for the first time.
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Despite living with arthritis, 98-years-young Mrs Rebecca Parker has embarked on a 100-day piano marathon for charity – to keep spirits of staff and fellow residents high in the face of lockdown restrictions.
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We would like to thank everyone for staying at home, especially over the Easter weekend.
#StayAtHome
#ProtectTheNHS
#SaveLives
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Our hospitals are exceptionally busy. We recognise that not all families will be in a position to do this, but we are asking families with relatives in hospital who are no longer receiving treatment to consider bringing them home where appropriate to help ease current pressures.
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NHS Lanarkshire’s staff choir are back, singing a song to spread Christmas cheer
Performed by 19 members of NHS Lanarkshire staff, the choir hope that the song will demonstrate that you can remotely come together and have a special time this festive season.
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Special isolation pods are being installed at University Hospital Wishaw and University Hospital Hairmyres to help ease pressure on ICU and manage Covid and non-Covid patients in a safe environment.
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💙 Hospitals across Lanarkshire have lit up blue tonight to celebrate the 75th birthday of the NHS.
#TeamLanarkshire
#NHS75
#75Years
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During Baby Loss Awareness Week, to honour every little life lost, we stand together with thousands of people around the world to light a candle or share an image of a candle at 7pm on Thursday 15 October.
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Great to see so many people keen to keep their hands clean and virus-free – but not at the expense of our patients, visitors and staff. Don’t be a hand gel thief. Use soap and water at home.
#coronavirus
#COVID19
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📺: Colleagues at
@UHMonklands
spoke to
@itvnews
this week. Listen to their stories to understand the pressures they are under and how you can help.
#StayAtHome
💙
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We are urging people to only attend hospital emergency departments if they require urgent and immediately necessary treatment. For info about alternative health services visit You can also visit NHS inform for self-care guides
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Ciaran is Lanarkshire's first New Year baby - possibly Scotland's first too! Born at University Hospital Wishaw at 19 minutes past midnight. Full story here -
@WishawGen
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Brian spent an astonishing 67 days in intensive care at University Hospital Hairmyres with coronavirus. He's now recovering thanks to great care from our staff - and looking forward to becoming a married man and a grandfather. Full story -
@wearehairmyres
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NHS Lanarkshire warns Covid positive inpatient numbers are now higher than at height of pandemic first wave. Hospitals hit 90% capacity and are treating 220 patients with confirmed Covid-19 and a further 44 with suspected Covid-19
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NHS Lanarkshire unveils its vision for new net zero hospital. The exciting design concept has been revealed for the state-of the-art new University Hospital Monklands.
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NHS Lanarkshire is the first Scottish territorial health board to achieve Living Wage accreditation. All NHS Lanarkshire staff will receive a minimum hourly wage of £9 from April 2019. 2700 workers will receive a pay increase.
@LivingWageScot
@scotgovhealth
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You may have heard that Covid cases in Lanarkshire are on the up, and we now top a list of the worst-hit regions in Europe - Covid is serious and you could get very ill. Be careful how many people you’re meeting and take lateral flow tests before you do
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Our physios, along with other allied health professionals, added a new emotional challenge to their work skills by stepping into unfamiliar critical care roles to help tackle
#coronavirus
. Read about Kathleen, Lorraine and Rachael's experiences
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Congratulations to our magnificent maternity service who scooped the national RCM award for Maternity Service of the Year 2018
#RCMawards
#midwiferymoments
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Huge congratulations to our Telehealth team for winning the digital health & care team award at tonight's
#DHCAwards18
Exemplary work . . . more soon
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Today, Lanarkshire was placed in tier 3. Here, Karen Goudie, chief of nursing services at University Hospital Monklands, describes what our hospitals are currently like and how you can help by following the guidelines.
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Great to see covid-19 vaccinations continuing across Lanarkshire.
A big thank you to Stonelaw Practice in Rutherglen for sharing these pictures of their recent vaccination clinic for people aged 80 and over.
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Heather Knox has been appointed interim chief executive of NHS Lanarkshire. Heather will take on her new role on 15 June from Calum Campbell who has been appointed interim chief executive of NHS Lothian.
See our press release:
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University Hospital Wishaw’s Maternity Unit opened its doors to its Bereavement Suite on 31.08.29
it provides a peaceful area away from other parents and babies where bereaved mums and dads can spend some quiet time with their child.
For more visit:
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NHS Lanarkshire has taken the decision to restrict visiting times at all our hospitals due to
#coronavirus
#COVID19
Visiting times are now 3pm–4pm and 7pm–8pm. Please only visit patients if absolutely essential. Full information here -
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With effect from today (Mon 29 Jun), members of the public visiting an NHS Lanarkshire acute or community hospital, including those attending for an appointment, will be required to wear a facial covering.
For advice on what to do, see our press release:
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Our chief midwife is asking visitors to our maternity unit to be respectful after staff have been subject to verbal abuse. The level of abuse has been so severe that senior midwives have decided to reduce the second visitor to two hours per day and by appointment only.
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This week, the tower at University Hospital Wishaw will be lit pink and blue in honour of Baby Loss Awareness Week.
#BLAW
#BabyLossAwarenessWeek
#BabyLoss
#PregnancyLoss
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BBC News - Coronavirus: Babies, survivors and 'floored' NHS staff
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Coming up in a few minutes on
@BBCNews
at Ten, a special report on how our brave and dedicated University Hospital Wishaw staff are meeting the challenge of coronavirus (COVID-19), caring for their patients, from newborn babies to older people
@WishawGen
@wishydocs
#COVID19
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Congratulations to the pharmacy support team at the University Hospital Wishaw who have won Hospital Pharmacy Team of the Year at this year's national Scottish Pharmacy Awards 2020. Well done everyone.
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University Hospital Wishaw has been shortlisted in Scotland’s Dementia Awards and named as a finalist in the Best Hospital Care Initiative category for their project titled ‘Styles and Smiles’.
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Our staff have been working hard this winter in response to extremely high demand on services. Their professionalism and commitment to always go the extra mile is to be commended. A huge thank you to all
@NHSLanarkshire
staff.
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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 work of his ailing lungs. Brian has praised the work of our staff and
@NHSGrampian
colleagues
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A poem to celebrate International Nurses Day and the 70th anniversary of the NHS. Written by
@gillian_mcauley
, chief nurse, and featuring nurses and patients from University Hospital Wishaw.
@WishawGen
#ThisNurse
@theRCN
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A hard-hitting report led tonight's
@STVNews
at Six, featuring our staff giving an uncompromising insight into the pressures they're facing right now as the NHS moves to recover from the pandemic. Link here - Written report here -
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BBC1 One is screening a documentary series entitled “Tiny Lives” documenting unique access to the neonatal unit at University Hospital Wishaw. The three part documentary will air on Thursday 3 October 2019 at 9pm on BBC One.
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The emergency staff of NHS Lanarkshire are under immense pressure due to hundreds of patients turning up to emergency services, despite only having minor complaints
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Additional restrictions have been placed on Lanarkshire. People living in Lanarkshire should no longer meet with people from other households in indoor settings.
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Our Styles and Smiles salon at University Hospital Wishaw has won the Best Hospital Care Initiative category at Scotland’s Dementia Awards
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We’re asking you to help reduce pressure on the NHS.
You can attend our treatment rooms at the weekend between 10am–4 pm. They can treat: sunburn/superficial burns, wasp/bee stings, cuts requiring a dressing & removal of clips or stitches
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