Thursday, April 16, 2009

NHS Lanarkshire


















































Lanarkshire
Lanarkshire

Lanarkshire area
Image:NHSlanarkshire.jpg
Coverage
Council areasNorth Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire
Size4,732 square kilometres
Population553,200
Operations
Formed
HeadquartersLaw House, Carluke
Staff12,000
HospitalsList of hospitals in Scotland
WebsiteWebsite
NHS Scotland

NHS Lanarkshire is responsible for improving the health of more than 553,000 people living within the council areas of North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire in Scotland. NHS Lanarkshire employs approximately 12,000 staff. The board is based within the relatively modern former maternity unit at the now closed Law Hospital in Carluke. [1]


There are three district general hospitals in the area - Hairmyres Hospital, Monklands Hospital and Wishaw General Hospital.


Each of these hospitals has an accident and emergency department and provides a range of specialist medical and surgical services. Maternity services are based at Wishaw General Hospital.


Primary health care is provided in the community and includes general practitioners (GPs), dentists, pharmacists, health visitors and a wide range of health professionals.


NHS Lanarkshire's primary care facilities include health centres and 17 community and day hospitals, such as those at Cleland, Roadmeetings in Carluke and Strathclyde Hospital in Motherwell.


The State Hospital for Scotland and Northern Ireland (also known as the State Hospital, Carstairs Hospital or locally as the Pen), at Carstairs, while within the NHS Lanarkshire boundaries, is the responsibility of a special board of NHS Scotland



[edit] References



  1. ^ NHS Lanarkshire













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