Recruitment challenges could impact hospital Dining Room in Uist and Barra Hospital

Despite numerous attempts to recruit to catering posts in Ospadal Uibhist agus Bharraigh (Uist and Barra Hospital) on Benbecula, NHS Western Isles is concerned that the inability to fill posts in the hospital could soon result in temporary periods of...

A number of immediate checks and inspections have been carried out, subsequently allowing care to be provided within the dental surgery.  Further improvements to the clinic are ongoing and will continue over a longer period of time.   The Board is now...

NHS Western Isles and the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) are delighted to announce that Isabell MacInnes Health Protection and Screening Nurse Specialist with NHS Western Isles has been published in the Nursing Times this month with her...

NHS Western Isles has formed a new Sustainability Group to lead on the Board’s sustainability and environmental commitments and provide a platform for the management and promotion of these areas.  NHS Scotland has released a new Climate Emergency and Sustainability Strategy...

NHS Western Isles is holding a Digital Fayre event on Tuesday February 28th 2023 in Stornoway.   Funded by Interreg Europe, the event offers an opportunity for members of the public to drop in and out to find out more information and...