New visiting arrangements at Western Isles Hospital

NHS Western Isles is introducing new visiting arrangements at Western Isles Hospital from today (Tuesday).   New arrangements mean that the maximum number of visits for each inpatient in the hospital will be increased from two visits per week to three...

Elective surgery is to resume at Western Isles Hospital in Stornoway on Wednesday (September 22), following a period of temporary suspension.  Over a period of months, NHS Western Isles had identified a higher than average number of non-COVID-related surgical site infections...

After waiting 15 years for a transplant, Lewis-born Margaret Meiklejohn, finally received a telephone call that changed her life forever; that a liver transplant match was waiting for her.    Margaret, now 62, who is retired and lives with her family in...

As Organ and Tissue Donation Week gets underway (20-26 September), islanders are being encouraged to leave no doubt about their donation decision. New figures released to coincide with Organ and Tissue Donation Week reveal almost half (45.7 per cent) of people...

NHS Western Isles is shortly set to commence the flu vaccination programme in primary and secondary schools.  Consent forms were issued earlier this month and we appreciate parents and guardians taking the time to return these without delay.   The programme will...