National Waiting List Validation – Patients Waiting Over 10 Weeks  

From next week, Thursday 15 January, patients (who are over 16 years old) who have been waiting over 10 weeks […]

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Winter Weather Update – 6 January

We have reviewed the current weather forecasts and travel conditions and intend to go ahead with most planned appointments and […]

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Winter Weather Update – 5 January 2026

We are continuing to monitor the winter weather along with our partners. With weather warnings still in place for tomorrow […]

Winter Weather Update – 4 January 2026

As we continue to navigate the winter weather, we’d like to remind you that our Emergency Department remains open for […]

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Stepping Down Face Masks

Please be advised, as of today (Tuesday 23 December) we are stepping down the encouragement of mask wearing in our […]

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National Sustainability Success for NHS Orkney

Earlier this month NHS Orkney was awarded The Sustainability Award at the Scottish Public Service Awards 2025 for leading the […]

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NHS Orkney encourages visitors to wear face masks

As you will be aware, various winter illnesses are circulating in our community and although we aren’t seeing the high […]

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Anti-Spiking Campaign

In partnership with the new Garden Square, the Orkney Alcohol and Drugs partnership (ADP) have launched an Anti-Spiking Campaign locally […]

Orkney Islands Council and NHS Orkney seek approval on Public Sector Reform proposals

Orkney’s two largest organisations to consider how their services can work more closely together to benefit the public Next week, […]

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New TV’s and ‘clickers’ following generous donation to NHS Orkney  

A donation of eight new TVs has been made to NHS Orkney following a collection at the late, Jimmy Millar’s […]