Coronavirus preparation praised

CMO thanks NHS staff

Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer has praised the preparations of NHS and frontline health workers in responding to the increased pressures during the global outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19).

Dr Catherine Calderwood also thanked members of the...

Event showcasing the Get Me Talking programme, are Katie MacDonald, Early Years Support Officer; Careen Laird, Occupational Therapist; Ashley Mackay, Speech and Language Therapist; and Sally Kane, Education Psychologist.

An innovative new language development programme for young...

If you’re a woman over 50, the combination of checking your breasts and attending your regular breast screening appointments gives you the best chance of being diagnosed early – and surviving – breast cancer.

In the last round of...

Cervical Cancer Awareness Week 2020

This week is Cervical Cancer Awareness Week (20th January – 26th January 2020) and NHS Western Isles is taking the opportunity to remind communities across the Western Isles that cervical screening saves lives.

Cervical...

At a special private meeting of Western Isles Health Board on November 27, 2019, Board members reviewed and discussed the Feasibility Study in relation to the Barra and Vatersay Community Campus.

Four options were considered as part of the...