Kilbryde Hospice will be providing much-needed palliative care assistance to COVID-19 patients from Hairmyres Hospital.NHS Lanarkshire has revealed the hospice will be joining forces with South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership to help overstretched staff deal with increasing demands of patient care amid the coronavirus outbreak.The hospice’s nursing and clinical support workers will provide daily care to patients, under the medical care of Hairmyres staff.
It will also offer transport to pick up staff from both locations and Kilbryde will also provide a breakout area for staff.Charity chief executive, Gordon McHugh, said: “Our motto is ‘here because we care’.“The hospice was built by the people, for the people and so our