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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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    • Ayr Utd 1-0 Partick Thistle March 10, 2010
      Ayr move out of the bottom two of the First Division with a narrow victory over mid-table Partick Thistle. […]
    • Cusiter ready for strong England March 10, 2010
      Scotland captain Chris Cusiter expects to face a fast and physical England side at Murrayfield in the RBS Six Nations match on Saturday. […]
    • Moravcik hopes Celtic keep Keane March 10, 2010
      Former Celtic midfielder Lubo Moravcik says the club should try to make permanent Robbie Keane's deal. […]
    • McGlynn eyes Dens cup cash boost March 10, 2010
      Raith Rovers manager John McGlynn thinks victory at Dundee in Saturday's Scottish Cup quarter-final could help clear the the Fife club's debts. […]
    • Smith buoyed by Webster loan form March 10, 2010
      Manager Walter Smith is backing Andy Webster to play a significant role for Rangers when he returns from his loan at Dundee United. […]
    • Walker signs new Ospreys contract March 10, 2010
      Scotland wing Nikki Walker agrees a two-year contract extension with the Ospreys. […]
    • Dundee Utd seek Ibrox atonement March 10, 2010
      Dundee United are desperate to make amends for their 7-1 thrashing by Rangers when the sides meet in Sunday's Scottish Cup tie. […]
    • Baltacha qualifies for California March 10, 2010
      British number one Elena Baltacha defeats Russia's Ekaterina Bychkova to qualify for the main draw of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. […]
    • Brown takes blame for weak Well March 10, 2010
      Craig Brown blames himself for Motherwell's disappointing performance at St Mirren. […]
    • Dott and Lee grab Crucible spots March 9, 2010
      Former champion Graeme Dott beats Jimmy Michie 10-5 to book his place at next month's World Championship. […]
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