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Western Isles marks Suicide Prevention Awareness Week
Published on 5 September 2022
This week marks Suicide Prevention Awareness Week concluding on Saturday 10th September, World Suicide Prevention Day. This year’s theme for Suicide Prevention Week is ‘Creating Hope, Through Action’. At any one time around 1 in 25 people in Scotland are contemplating suicide. Many people... -
Reminder to return flu consent forms asap
Published on 1 September 2022
NHS Western Isles is reminding parents and carers of school children across the Western Isles to ensure they sign and return consent forms for the flu immunisation as soon as possible. Pupils in the Nicolson Institute in Stornoway are been urged to return... -
Discover Kooth: support for local young people
Published on 30 August 2022
NHS Western Isles has partnered with Kooth to provide young people aged 11-25 years access to free online counselling and wellbeing support from a professional team of qualified counsellors. Available from any device at www.kooth.com, young people are assured an anonymous,... -
Improve your activity and weight management with Counterweight Core!
Published on 25 August 2022
NHS Western Isles is set to launch the Counterweight Core healthy lifestyle programme to those living within the Outer Hebrides. Already proven to have helped many people successfully achieve their goals, Counterweight Core is a free one-year healthy lifestyle programme which supports individuals aged... -
Castlebay Medical Practice to move to Health Board management
Published on 24 August 2022
NHS Western Isles is currently working through the transition of Castlebay Medical Practice on Barra, from independent GP Practice status, to a Health Board managed and operated Practice. This change will take place following the departure of the current GP on... -
NHS Western Isles encourages parents & carers to return flu consent forms
Published on 23 August 2022
Parents and carers of school children across the Western Isles are being asked to ensure they sign and return consent forms for the flu immunisation. Consent packs are currently being sent home in children’s schoolbags, and NHS Western Isles is urging...