The board's review was independently verified by the Scottish Health Council, which found they had complied with the national guidance service change.

[7] Its proposal to end referrals to Glasgow's NHS Centre for Integrative Care for services such as acupuncture was opposed by Elaine Smith.

[9] The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties in Scotland produced a report entitled “Learning from serious failings in care” in July 2015.

They found above-average mortality rates at Monklands Hospital and called on NHS Lanarkshire to make widespread improvements.

[11] In May 2022, NHS Lanarkshire was able to confirm that its hospitals had finally come out of the highest level of risk period, when the number of Covid 19 patients had decreased for the first time since October 2021 which had caused critical occupancy resulting in space and staff shortages, as most non-urgent planned care and some cancer procedures had already been temporarily postponed since August 2021.