NHS Lanarkshire

Lanarkshire

Lanarkshire area
Coverage
Council areas	North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire
Size	4,732 square kilometres
Population	553,200
Operations
Formed
Headquarters	Beckford Street, Hamilton
Staff	12,000
Hospitals	List of hospitals in Scotland
Website	Website
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 at Beckford Street in Hamilton.^[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

References

1. ^ NHS Lanarkshire