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  • Power supply to Western Isles Hospital

    Power supply to Western Isles Hospital

    NHS Western Isles is currently working with electricity suppliers to resolve an issue which affects the power supply within Western Isles Hospital. The issue relates to a fault with one of the hospital’s two circuit breakers, which was discovered during routine testing of the generator. As a result of the fault, the circuit breaker is currently non-operational. [...]

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  • Green light for Stornoway Dental Centre

    Green light for Stornoway Dental Centre

    A landmark new £4.7million Dental Teach and Treat Centre is set to go ahead in Stornoway after the development was granted planning permission. NHS Western Isles Chief Executive Gordon Jamieson has now also signed off the target price and contract with the main contractors, and building will commence on March 8, with the expected date of completion [...]

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  • Cancer treatment targets surpassed

    Cancer treatment targets surpassed

    Waiting times for people urgently referred and diagnosed with cancer have now surpassed their target for a year. Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon has welcomed the ISD Scotland figures, showing 96 per cent of patients who were urgently referred and subsequently diagnosed with cancer in June-September 2009 were treated within 62 days. The national target is 95 per [...]

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  • NHS Quality Strategy

    NHS Quality Strategy

    A blueprint for improving the quality of care patients receive from the NHS was announced today. The Quality Strategy recognises that the patient’s experience of the NHS is about more than speedy treatment – it is the quality of care they get that matters most to them. For the first time, the quality of care provided by [...]

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  • Infection control measures in Western Isles Hospital

    Infection control measures in Western Isles Hospital

    NHS Western Isles would like to advise members of the public that visiting hours in Western Isles Hospital are being restricted until further notice, as a small number of inpatients are currently experiencing symptoms common to the winter vomiting bug. Whilst there have been no confirmed cases of Norovirus (winter vomiting bug) in the hospital to [...]

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  • Board must respond to NHS watchdog

    Board must respond to NHS watchdog

    Health chiefs have been ordered to explain why they have not shown they are acting on information provided by an NHS quality watchdog. Western Isles Health Board is the only board not to have provided an “adequate” response to a project designed to improve the way health boards handle statistics, according to NHS Quality Improvement Scotland. The [...]

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    • McGhee determined to improve Dons March 16, 2010
      Aberdeen boss Mark McGhee is determined to improve the club's fortunes, despite a 1-0 defeat by St Johnstone that most likely ends hopes of a top-six finish. […]
    • Dunfermline 2-1 Raith Rovers March 16, 2010
      Injury-ravaged Dunfermline finish the game with 10 men as they battle to a vital home victory over Raith Rovers. […]
    • McInnes dreams of top-six Saints March 16, 2010
      St Johnstone manager Derek McInnes believes the 1-0 win over Aberdeen means a top-six finish can be achieved. […]
    • Murray advances at Indian Wells March 16, 2010
      Andy Murray is given a thorough test by American Michael Russell as he moves into the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open with a straight-sets win. […]
    • St Johnstone 1-0 Aberdeen March 16, 2010
      Confident St Johnstone step towards a top-six Scottish Premier League finish with a narrow victory over Aberdeen at McDiarmid Park. […]
    • Leinster v Glasgow Warriors (Thu) March 16, 2010
      Glasgow Warriors make just one change to the starting 15 that drew with Connacht for their visit to Magners League leaders Leinster. […]
    • Potter says bonus dispute is over March 16, 2010
      St Mirren captain John Potter insists the dispute over bonus payments is behind the playing staff and they are now focused on the Co-operative Insurance Cup final. […]
    • Fired-up Miller eyes Gers treble March 16, 2010
      Rangers striker Kenny Miller is fired-up to win the Co-operative Insurance Cup final as they hope to secure the treble. […]
    • Accies defender's Alloa loan deal March 16, 2010
      Hamilton full-back Tony Stevenson joins Second Division leaders Alloa on loan until the end of the season. […]
    • Robinson seeks Scots cutting edge March 16, 2010
      Andy Robinson urges his Scotland side to convert pressure into tries and end their Six Nations campaign with victory over Ireland. […]
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