Change to One Stop Breast Clinic for some Western Isles patients

A One Stop Breast Clinic is provided for Western Isles residents as part of NHS Western Isles’ agreement with NHS Highland.

A One Stop Clinic enables a patient to see the clinician and have any necessary tests in the shortest time possible. Ideally, the patient will also have the results of the investigations the same day.

NHS Western Isles has been informed that, due to staffing issues, regrettably some patients requiring access to a One Stop Clinic will be triaged by NHS Highland to the NHS Forth Valley service until further notice. This will impact some patients from the Western Isles, and those patients impacted will be informed about arrangements.

Triaging some patients to Larbert in Falkirk will ensure that this important service continues and waiting times are kept to a minimum.

Patients currently affected by this change have been notified and the first clinic is being held on Saturday (November 2).

NHS Western Isles will continue to support all patients with their travel arrangements. If patients have any queries, they should contact the Patient Travel team on 01851 708021.

We anticipate this change will be in place for the foreseeable future, and we will keep our community updated.