New figures showed that over 1500 people every month who turn up at an NHS Lanarkshire emergency department could have looked after themselves at home.Launching their winter preparedness campaign, NHS Lanarkshire bosses published data showing that over 5000 of more than 50,000 patients that attended emergency departments at hospitals across the region between August and October this year, were referred straight to other services with no intervention, or sent home with ‘self-care’ advice.Some of the conditions they attended with included small cuts; earache; ankle sprain; sickness and diarrhoea; trips and slips; dog/cat bites; and eye problems.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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