NHS Shetland and Clan Cancer Support join forces for Mouth Cancer Action Month
NHS Shetland and Clan Cancer Support are joining forces during November to increase understanding of mouth cancer, encourage good oral health and ensure people know what changes to look out for.
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Flu and Covid Vaccination Programme Update
Everyone in Shetland who is eligible to have vaccines this winter should now have been contacted. With six weeks of the main programme to go, we have vaccinated 34% of the 10,600 adults and 35% of the 3,700 children invited for flu vaccination and 42% of the 3,400 people invited for Covid vaccination.
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New home for Psychological Therapies Team officially opened in Scalloway
The NHS Shetland Psychological Therapies Team (PTS) has officially opened its new home in Scalloway.
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NHS Shetland urges community to take precautions as seasonal vomiting and diarrhoea cases emerge
NHS Shetland has received the first reports of seasonal vomiting and diarrhoea (often caused by norovirus or rotavirus) and is reminding members of the public to take precautions — and to avoid attending any health care settings, including Accident and Emergency (A&E) unless absolutely necessary.
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Mouth Cancer Action Month 2025
This November, in support of Mouth Cancer Action Month, NHS Shetland’s Public Dental Service is once again raising awareness of Mouth Cancer as cases in Scotland continue to rise.
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National Dental Inspection Programme 2025
Recent figures from the 2025 National Dental Inspection Programme (NDIP) reveal that 89.4% of Primary 7 pupils in Shetland are decay-free.
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The Low Road – Shetland Screening
NHS Shetland in partnership with the University of the Highlands and Islands – Shetland (UHI) have partnered with local services and agencies to secure a screening of the film ‘The Low Road’.
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Delivery of palliative cuddle bed
A palliative "cuddle" bed has recently been delivered to the Gilbert Bain Hospital, bought with donations made to Oncology/ Palliative Care via the Shetland Health Board Endowment Funds.
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Update - NHS Shetland Autumn / Winter Vaccination Programme 2025
The winter vaccination programme is well underway at NHS Shetland.
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NHS Shetland - Official Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) guidance on taking paracetamol in pregnancy
Message shared on behalf of Anthony McDavitt, Director of Pharmacy NHS Shetland, and Jacqueline Whitaker, Chief Midwife, Women’s and Child Health Manager NHS Shetland
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World Suicide Prevention Day - 10 September
Each year, World Suicide Prevention Day is observed on 10 September. The aim is to provide worldwide commitment and action to prevent suicides.
