Category: News
Monday 30 September 2024 – Public Holiday Arrangements
Monday 30 September is a Public Holiday for NHS Orkney. All GP surgeries will be closed on the Public Holiday, […]
Chief Executive Fortnightly Blog to NHS Orkney Staff – 16 September 2024
Message for All NHSO Staff Hi All This week my update is focused on the feedback and messages I am […]
Aortic Abdominal Aneurysm (AAA) screening programme returning to Orkney
A simple scan to detect a condition that affects 1 in 20 men (or those assigned male at birth), aged […]
Chief Executive Fortnightly Blog to NHS Orkney Staff – 2 September 2024
Message for All Staff Hi All I hope you are keeping well. A few weeks ago we saw glimpses of […]
Ophthalmology Waiting List – Waiting List Validation – 27 August 2024
Last year NHS Scotland introduced a text message service to ensure our patient waiting lists were up to date and […]
Chief Executive Fortnightly Blog to NHS Orkney Staff – 19 August 2024
Message for All NHS Orkney Staff Hi All Today is my first day back after a week of leave, which […]
Chief Executive Fortnightly Blog to NHS Orkney Staff – 5 August 2024
Message for All NHS Orkney Staff Morning all I hope everyone is enjoying this better weather and that you have […]
HENRY launches in Orkney
NHS Orkney are now working together with Home-Start Orkney to deliver “HENRY Healthy Families: Right from the Start” programmes right […]
The Balfour Switchboard Brief Downtime
The Balfour Switchboard Brief Downtime – Monday 5th August Please be aware there is a planned communication outage to The […]
Cabinet Secretary visits NHS Orkney and thanks staff
Today we welcomed the Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care, Mr Neil Gray, MSP to Orkney, to […]