Lanarkshire

British

/ ˈlænəkˌʃɪə, -ʃə /

noun

a historical county of S Scotland: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; since 1996 administered by the council areas of North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, and Glasgow

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East Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire and Stirling councils will also meet on Thursday to set their budgets for the next financial year.

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East Renfrewshire Council has also announced its budget for the coming year, with council tax going up by 6%, while South Lanarkshire Council confirmed a 6.5% hike.

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North Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire had lower than average healthy life expectancy for both men and women, while North Ayrshire was lower than average for men.

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Jocelin Harrison was contacted by NHS Lanarkshire last week and told to begin reducing her tablets by one a week to "avoid side effects of stopping suddenly".

From BBC

A warning on NHS Lanarkshire's website says that "there are other strengths of co-codamol tablets but there are not enough supplies of these to move everyone onto them."

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