Breast Screening to resume in the Outer Hebrides

The Breast Screening Programme, which was paused in March because of coronavirus (COVID-19), is to resume safely and carefully from August – beginning in Barra before travelling onwards to Lewis. Provisional dates for the Breast Screening Mobile Unit’s visit to the...

Children asked to draw their lockdown experiences to help researchers during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the COVID-19 pandemic lots of things changed very quickly for everyone. We have all been advised to stay at home and most children had stopped going to...

Those attending appointments at hospitals or dental surgeries in the Western Isles will be able to choose an accompanying person to attend appointments with them, from today (July 13). Restrictions to date have prevented carers and family members from accompanying patients at appointments,...

Face coverings are an additional measure to help keep us all safe in the current coronavirus pandemic. They help by trapping the droplets you breathe out and reducing the risk of you passing any infection on to people around you. NHS...

New visiting arrangements are in place from today (Monday 13th July) across all hospitals in the Western Isles. All NHS hospitals across Scotland are starting to allow people to visit patients in hospital. However, people who are unwell in hospital are...