Calum Campbell: Last News

Health bosses has warned that staff at St John’s Hospital are being “pushed to the limit” due to soaring patient numbers.

Tributes have been paid to an Ayr United stalwart who lost his life on Sunday at the age of 60.

Sign up to the weekly West Lothian Courier newsletter for the latest West Lothian news and sport.Health bosses have issued a plea to people in West Lothian to follow Covid-19 guidance.NHS Lothian is urging everyone to do their part help stop the spread of the virus.The warning comes after the latest figures show infections have risen across the Lothians over recent weeks and that the East of Scotland is now a Covid hotspot with more new cases in Lothian in the past week than anywhere else in Scotland.Due to the alarming rise in the rate across region, NHS Lothian is calling on all Lothian residents to pull together now to stop the spread over this festive season.Calum Campbell, chief executive of NHS Lothian, said: “The rate of transmission

NHS Lanarkshire are on the hunt for a new interim chief executive following the announcement of Calum Campbell’s departure.

A new Scottish Government campaign is underway to encourage people to seek medical help for issues which are not related to coronavirus.

South Lanarkshire’s only hospice has been publicly thanked for the support provided to University Hospital Hairmyres Covid-19 patients over the past few weeks.

Monklands residents are being reminded that “the NHS is open” – in a national campaign prompted by falls in the number of attendances at emergency departments, urgent referrals for suspected cancer and children being brought for immunisations.

South Lanarkshire’s only hospice has joined forces with NHS Lanarkshire to support the care of COVID-19 patients at University Hospital Hairmyres.

During these unprecedented times, NHS Lanarkshire, North and South Lanarkshire Councils will be working jointly to support all our patients and residents throughout Lanarkshire to continue to deliver health and social care services.