National award for housing and care development in Lanarkshire

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A ground-breaking housing and care development in the heart of Blantyre has received national recognition. At the Chartered Institute of Housing Excellence Awards 2022, the technology-enabled housing within the all-new Blantyre care campus development won the award for Excellence in Health and Wellbeing.

South Lanarkshire’s Health and Social Care Partnership have been working in collaboration with the council’s Housing and Technical Resources and Cruden Building (Scotland) Limited on the multi-million-pound development, supported by funding from the Scottish Government.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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