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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Temporary changes to our Dietetics Team
Over the coming weeks, there will be some temporary staffing changes within our Dietetics Team. As a result, our service capacity will be reduced during this time.
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Shetland’s Integration Joint Board approves the Joint Strategic Plan for Health and Social Care 2025-28
Shetland’s Integration Joint Board (IJB) has officially approved the Joint Strategic Plan for Health and Social Care 2025-28. This comprehensive plan outlines the vision for the future delivery of local health and social care services, detailing how resources will be allocated to meet future needs and ensuring services remain safe, effective, sustainable, and of the highest quality.
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Gilbert Bain Hospital operating at full capacity - some surgical procedures cancelled
The Gilbert Bain Hospital has been operating at full capacity for a number of weeks.
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Hospital visiting restrictions remain in place
Due to a high volume of respiratory illness within our community, we are continuing to temporarily limit hospital visits to the Gilbert Bain Hospital to essential visits only.
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Further update - Increase in respiratory illnesses in the community
Due to an increase in respiratory illness in the hospital and across the community, we are taking steps to ensure appropriate measures are in place to reduce the spread of infection and protect patients, staff, and visitors.
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Breast Screening Service - Shetland Programme 2025
Approximately 3,000 women between the ages of 50 and 70 years will be receiving their invitations over the next few months to attend for breast screening when the mobile units return to Shetland on Monday 7 April 2025. There will be two mobile units based at Clickimin Leisure Complex until 12 June 2025.
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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.
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NHS Shetland and Shetland Health and Social Care Partnership launches Phio to improve access to physiotherapy services across the Isles
NHS Shetland and Shetland Health and Social Care Partnership have partnered with leading musculoskeletal (MSK) digital health provider EQL to launch Phio, a new solution designed to provide faster and more convenient access to physiotherapy services for patients across Shetland.
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No Smoking Day and the Quit Your Way programme
No Smoking Day takes place on the 12 March and provides an opportunity to raise awareness of the Quit Your Way programme delivered across our isles by the NHS Shetland Health Improvement team.
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NHS Shetland consultant one of seven doctors to be awarded first-ever Credential in Rural and Remote Health
NHS Shetland is delighted to announce that one of the Board’s consultants has received the first-ever credential in Rural and Remote Health (Unscheduled and Urgent Care).
