Carers Week 2025: celebrating our commitment to equality for carers

This year the annual Carers Week campaign is running from 9th-15th June. It aims to raise awareness of caring, recognise the difference carers make to families and communities, whilst also highlighting some of the challenges that unpaid carers face across...

Pictured: Richard Middlemiss (HEBMRT Training Officer), Jacintha Kool (HebMRT Medical Officer), Angus MacIver and Ben Millar (HebMRT Team Members) with Gordon Jamieson (NHS Western Isles Chief Executive). NHS Western Isles recently donated a number of portable hand-held suction devices to the...

To mark Volunteers Week, NHS Western Isles held a special afternoon tea for our volunteers this week to highlight their contribution to the organisation. Kicking off the event, Board Chair, Gillian McCannon expressed her gratitude to all the volunteers and the...

The Acute Assessment Unit (AAU) at Western Isles Hospital will return to its original location opposite reception at 8am on Friday (June 6). The AAU had temporarily relocated to the Day Surgery while the Emergency Department was refurbished. We would also take...

Eligible Western Isles residents are being encouraged to take Spring COVID-19 booster to build up your immunity to COVID-19, which for some can be serious or even life-threatening. The spring vaccine programme started in April for eligible groups, so those eligible...