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NHS Western Isles is ready for flu – are you?
Published on 24 September 2018
Western Isles residents are reminded to make an appointment to get their flu vaccine as the national flu immunisation programme begins on October 1st. NHS Western Isles is highlighting that the delivery of vaccine to some people may have changed this... -
Scotland’s Chief Nursing Officer visits North nursing students
Published on 13 September 2018
(L-R) – Professor Fiona McQueen (Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland); Sarah Gilmour, Joanne Thom, Aimie Davies (student nurses); Alison MacIver, (winner of QNIS award); Elizabeth Anne Mackay (student nurse), and Pat Tyrell (QNIS representative) North nursing students had... -
Stornoway Rugby Clubs support Suicide Prevention campaign
Published on 10 September 2018
Elaine Mackay, NHS Western Isles Choose Life Coordinator, with Stornoway Rugby Club. September is officially Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and Stornoway Rugby Club has joined forces with NHS Western Isles to tackle the stigma associated with suicide and raise awareness of... -
The Western Isles is Working Together to Prevent Suicide
Published on 10 September 2018
Scotland is Working Together to Prevent Suicide – including across the Western Isles Locally NHS Western Isles is running Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Awareness Month from 10th September to 10th October 2018. Launching on World Suicide Prevention Day (September 10th),... -
New 'Near Me' video-link room now open at Western Isles Hospital
Published on 6 September 2018
NHS ‘Near Me’ patient, Jean Mackenzie, with Healthcare Assistant Margaret-Ann MacIver and CN Ambulatory Care Coleen MacLeod; Technology Enabled Care and eHealth Project Officer Liz Fowler, and Technology Enabled Care Project Manager Iain Trayner. The NHSWI Patient... -
National Healthcare Experience Survey 2017/18
Published on 30 April 2018
A survey of over 130,000 people has found that the majority of GP patients and social care users report a positive experience of their care. However, an overarching finding was that respondents were slightly less positive than in previous surveys,...