First COVID Drop-in clinics for 12-15 year old age group

NHS Western Isles will hold its first COVID vaccination drop-in clinics this week, for children and young people aged 12-15 years.   The decision comes after the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) assessed that, while the health benefits from vaccination are...

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...