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NHS Western Isles successful in grant bid for Health Walks
Published on 24 April 2018
NHS Western Isles’ ‘Walk on Hebrides’ will receive £4,300 this year to improve access to Health Walks across the islands. The walking project has been successful in an application to Paths for All’s 2018/19 ‘Walking for Health’ grant. Walk on Hebrides... -
Outline Business Case approval for St Brendan’s Hospital and Care Home Replacement
Published on 23 April 2018
Approval has been given for the Outline Business Case for the replacement of St Brendan’s Hospital and Care Home. The Scottish Government’s Capital Investment group reconsidered the Outline Business case on April 17, and has given approval for the development of... -
Progress on Tick Awareness Programme
Published on 18 April 2018
Dr Maggie Watts (NHS Western Isles Director of Public Health), Dr Caroline Millins, Dr Roman Biek, Walter Leo (MsC student), Donald Nayer (MsC student), Isabell MacInnes, and Ealasaid Dick. Around 60 people attended Balivanich Hall, Benbecula last night... -
A ‘thank you’ from Maternity staff to local knitting club
Published on 3 April 2018
Maternity staff from Western Isles Hospital recently hosted an afternoon tea for members of a local knitting group, who donate knitted garments to the Maternity Department for a number of years. The knitting club, based in Trust Housing on... -
Tree of Life visits the Western Isles
Published on 3 April 2018
A tree of thumbprints representing past, present or future midwives in Scotland – known as the Tree of Life – recently visited the Western Isles Hospital, where local midwives added their own prints to the tree. Heather Gilchrist... -
New equitable system for the approval of NHS-funded patient escorts
Published on 28 March 2018
A new system for approving requests for NHS-funded escorts is being introduced, to ensure that an equitable system is delivered across the Western Isles. In certain cases, patients travelling off island require an escort to accompany them. The majority of Health...