New iPads to facilitate virtual visiting in hospital as restricted visiting continues

NHS Western Isles has received 20 new iPads from Health Improvement Scotland (HIS) to help facilitate virtual visits for patients in hospital.  These are particularly welcome at a time when restricted indoor visiting arrangements continue in all hospitals in the Western Isles, to...

There will be changes to some NHS Western Isles opening arrangements over the Festive Period and our communities are asked to note these.   COVID TESTING  In terms of COVID testing, the testing service will run every day over the Festive Season....

Free, confidential and easy to access to mental health support Available to 11-25 year olds, with no referrals or thresholds to meet  Kooth, the UK’s leading digital mental health platform, has been commissioned by NHS Western Isles to provide children and young people, aged between...

Western Isles Hospital has been presented with a Hip Fracture Care Awardfor Most Improved Hospital in Scotland against the Hip Fracture Standards of Care.  Hip Fracture patients are amongst the frailest and most vulnerable of all emergency hospital admissions.  By adhering to...

NHS Western Isles extended the offer of the COVID booster to everyone aged 18 and over in the Western Isles at the weekend.   That means that anyone in that age group can now attend a drop-in clinic for their COVID...