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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...

New visiting arrangements are now in place in all hospitals in the Western Isles, to help protect local hospital services and to prevent the risk of transmission of COVID-19 to inpatients and staff.   As a result of the current risks associated with the...

Those aged 16 and 17 in the Western Isles are now eligible for both a first and second dose of the COVID vaccine in the Western Isles.   Those aged 16 and 17 years old living in the Western Isles are...