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Clan and NHS teams unite to raise awareness during Mouth Cancer Action Month
Clan Cancer Support is working alongside oral health teams from NHS Grampian, NHS Orkney and NHS Shetland throughout November to raise awareness of mouth cancer, promote good oral health, and help people recognise the early signs and symptoms of the disease.
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Work to explore closer collaboration between public services in Orkney is continuing as the Scottish Government progresses its programme of national Public Service Reform (PSR).
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Global Microsoft Outage
NHS Orkney is affected by the global Microsoft Outage. If you are trying to contact any service today (Friday 13 November 2026), please do bear with us. Our telephone systems are operating as normal. However, we anticipate that phone lines will be busier than usual during this period.
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Orkney’s Public Service Reform work progresses following Scottish Government local government and healthcare proposals
Work to explore closer collaboration between public services in Orkney is continuing as the Scottish Government progresses its programme of national Public Service Reform (PSR). Last month’s Programme for Government announcement generated significant interest across Scotland, including proposals to replace the country’s 14 territorial Health Boards with 2 Strategic Health Boards and to move from 32 local authorities to a smaller number (6 to 10) of regional authorities, supported by 120 to 160 community-level authorities with greater local decision-making powers. While these proposals remain subject to discussion and consultation, the Orkney PSR Steering Group – made up of representatives from…
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Clan and NHS teams unite to raise awareness during Mouth Cancer Action Month
Clan Cancer Support is working alongside oral health teams from NHS Grampian, NHS Orkney and NHS Shetland throughout November to raise awareness of mouth cancer, promote good oral health, and help people recognise the early signs and symptoms of the disease. The partnership will see a series of information and awareness sessions delivered across Clan wellbeing centres and community locations in Aberdeen, Mintlaw, Elgin, Orkney and Shetland, giving local communities the opportunity to access expert advice and learn more about mouth cancer and oral health. Around 10,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with mouth cancer each year, with incidence…