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Apomorphine Infusion Pump Training for West Team Community Nurses
Published on 13 July 2021
Staff from West Team Community Nurses recently received hands-on training from Angela Macleod, NHS Western Isles Parkinson’s Disease Nurse Specialist, on the use of the Apomorphine Infusion Pump. Apomorphine is a type of treatment used to manage the symptoms of Parkinson’s... -
Gillian McCannon appointed as Chair of Western Isles NHS Board
Published on 9 July 2021
NHS Western Isles is delighted to announce that Gillian McCannon has been appointed as Chair of Western Isles NHS Board. The announcement was made by Humza Yousaf MSP, the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care at Scottish Government. Gillian has spent... -
Restarting Health Walks and Building Back
Published on 7 July 2021
The theme at a recent Zoom seminar with the Scottish Health Walk Network centred on encouraging folk to restart and build back to walking. The meeting was well attended by various sectors including Walk on Hebrides and Walk Leaders from... -
Helping local patients get the Right Care in the Right Place
Published on 6 July 2021
To help patients become aware of changes to accessing their local Emergency Department with non life threatening conditions, NHS Western Isles has produced a short animation. The animation can be viewed at: https://vimeo.com/571641764 Accessing urgent care has changed so patients can receive... -
40,000 doses of COVID vaccine administered in the Western Isles
Published on 6 July 2021
40,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have now been administered in the Western Isles, as the first round of mass vaccination clinics comes to a close. In terms of the current COVID vaccination programme, Uist and Barra had their last mass vaccination... -
Chris Anne thanked for her outstanding contribution
Published on 2 July 2021
Sincere and heartfelt tribute was paid to Chris Anne Campbell at the latest meeting of Western Isles Health Board. Last Wednesday (June 23) was Chris Anne’s final meeting of the Board before she returned back to retirement on June 30. Chris Anne...