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Orkney Health Board Endowment Funds supports HMS Tern Analogue Photography, Heritage, Science and Wellbeing Project
Funding from the Orkney Health Board Endowment Funds has been awarded to support a new analogue photography, heritage, science and wellbeing project at HMS Tern in Birsay. The project aims to support mental wellbeing by giving participants time to slow down, focus, build confidence and connect with others.
Read more detailsPublic Holiday – Monday 28 September 2026
Monday 28 September is a Public Holiday for NHS Orkney. All GP surgeries will be closed on the Public Holiday, but in an emergency you can contact a GP in the same way as routine evening/weekend cover.
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NHS Orkney’s 2025/26 Non-Ministerial Annual Review
The Scottish Government monitor the performance of each health board on an ongoing basis, and part of the process includes an Annual Review. Members of the public are invited to join NHS Orkney’s Non-Ministerial Annual Review on Wednesday 18 November from 12pm – 2pm at The Balfour, to hear about a range of developments underway to further improve care and services for our community and patients. The meeting will include a summary of how we did in 2025/26 against our priorities and national standards and will cover both our achievements and challenges. As well as a question and answer session.…
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NHS Orkney Board headed to Dounby!
Our next NHS Orkney Board meeting will take place on Thursday, 29 October. For this Board meeting we are heading out into the community and it will take place in the Milestone Kirk, Dounby. As well as still being available virtually, through an MS Teams link. The meeting will take place from 9.30am – 12.30pm. The meeting papers will be available later this month, if you want to attend virtually, the meeting link details can also be found here, https://www.ohb.scot.nhs.uk/about-us/board-and-committees/orkney-nhs-board/. Davie Campbell, Board Chair at NHS Orkney said: “I’m really excited to finally be hosting one of our Board meetings…
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National Waiting List Validation – Patients Waiting Over 10 Weeks
From next week, Monday 5 October, patients (who are over 16 years old) who have been waiting over 10 weeks for an outpatient or inpatient appointment or who are a return patient waiting past their recall date and who do not currently have an appointment in the following specialities will be contacted by The National Elective Coordination Unit (NECU) on 0345 646 0565: General MedicineGynaecologyRheumatologyDermatologyTrauma and Orthopaedic Patients with a mobile number will receive a text message first. If no response is received from the text message, the NECU team will follow-up with phone calls. Patients who only have a…