NHS Shetland to launch walk-in clinic pilot this week
A new walk-in clinic pilot is set to open in Lerwick this week, offering patients alternative access to urgent primary care-based help.
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Adverse weather update
Due to the adverse weather, if you have a planned appointment and are not able to attend, please contact the relevant department to reschedule.
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Service update - Hospital visiting restrictions
Due to a high volume of respiratory illness within our community, we are temporarily limiting hospital visits to the Gilbert Bain Hospital to essential visits only. Visitors will also be asked to wear personal protective equipment, e.g., a fluid resistance mask, when entering the ward areas.
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Shetland crime series
NHS Shetland is delighted to see the new series of the popular crime drama Shetland is back on our screens.
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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.
