Fears over out-of-hours medical cover on Barra
NHS Western Isles seem determined to impose a “very worrying” out-of-hours care model on Covid-hit Barra, one of the island’s two GPs said this week. Dr Mark Willcox told the…
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Barra in the dark over new school ‘hub’
Residents in Barra are concerned that no information has come from Comhairle nan Eilean Siar about the possible relocation of secondary pupils during the construction of a new school in…
Uist dental plan ‘cover’ for closing theatre
Plans by NHS Western Isles to centralise dental services in a new clinical hub in Uist and Barra Hospital have been attacked by a local councillor as a “diversionary tactic”…
Barra councillor slates NHS Western Isles for “absurd” £1.8 million oversight in cost of new hospital
Barra councillor Donald Manford said it was “absurd” that NHS Western Isles did not know that their chosen site for a new hospital on the island required an additional £1.8…
Western Isles cancer project to trial new patient care centre in Stornoway
A Western Isles cancer project has today, Wednesday 12th June, announced plans to trial a new patient care centre in Lewis. The Western Isles Cancer Care Initiative, with the continued…
Western Isles Cancer Patients “£500 worse off” due to costs incurred in receiving mainland treatment
Western Isles patients receiving cancer treatment on the mainland are more than £500 worse off due to travel costs and other expenses, according to a survey by a support organisation…