Category: News
ICON Week 2025: Helping Parents Stay Calm When Babies Cry
This September, organisations across the country come together to support parents and carers during ICON Week 2025 (22–26 September). The […]
Two Orkney finalists at this year’s General Practice Awards!
Dr Kirsty Cole, GP at Skerryvore Practice and Lyndsay Steel, Lead General Practice Pharmacist at NHS Orkney are both finalists […]
Winter Vaccines
As of next week, the winter vaccination campaign will commence across Orkney. All the information regarding appointments is below: Getting […]
System Pressures
We are currently seeing an increase in patients being admitted to The Balfour with various conditions which require admission. Yesterday […]
Waiting List Validation – Patients Waiting Over 10 Weeks
From next week, Friday 12 September 2025, patients who have been waiting over 10 weeks for an outpatient, inpatient or […]
RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards 2026
Nominations are now open for Scotland’s most prestigious nursing awards, with the title of RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year […]
NHS Orkney’s 2024/25 Ministerial Annual Review
The Scottish Government monitor the performance of each health board on an ongoing basis and part of the process includes […]
Chief Executive Fortnightly Blog to NHS Orkney Staff – 1 September 2025
Message for All NHSO Staff Hi everyone My final fortnightly blog is one which is bitter sweet, however, I want […]
New Phone System at NHS Orkney
As of Monday 8 September there will be a new phone system in place when calling The Balfour on 01856 […]
Organisations come together to host Orkney’s first Suicide Prevention Awareness Event
Next month, Thursday 25 September, will see organisations across Orkney come together to host the first Suicide Prevention Awareness event. […]