Your Inpatient stay: What if I have to go to a mainland hospital?

Where will I receive services?

Where NHS Western Isles can safely and effectively provide the care and treatment you need, you will remain in the Western Isles for your care.

For certain services you may receive your appointment for a consultation or follow-up appointment by telelink. This means that the consultant or clinician in a mainland hospital will hold your appointment remotely, via video conferencing equipment. In these situations, you will be accompanied by Western Isles staff. This type of appointment, which will be held in healthcare premises in the Western Isles, will mean that you will not have to travel off-island for your consultation.

You may be sent for an appointment or further treatment to another hospital. Some of the hospitals NHS Western Isles patients are most commonly referred to are:

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