NHS Lanarkshire temporarily postponed all non-urgent elective procedures and a targeted range of outpatient appointments. This allowed the health board to focus acute service delivery on Covid-19 inpatients and emergency care.Treatments for urgent cancer care remained in place and all three acute sites continue to operate an emergency service for theatres and diagnostics.Last week, the number of patients being treated in Lanarkshire hospitals with Covid dropped to 102, from a high of around 350 during the second half of January.Despite this, Covid ICU numbers remain high, peaking at 25 in late January and currently sitting at 10.Judith Park, NHS Lanarkshire director of acute services, said: “There are challenges to overcome before we are.
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