Category: News
Another year of continuous improvement and achievement – there’s much to celebrate
Dear Orkney Community, 2024/25 has been a year of significant transition, change and further progress for NHS Orkney. With just […]
Chief Executive Fortnightly Blog to NHS Orkney Staff – 24 March 2025
Message for All NHSO Staff Our Executive Lead for whistleblowing is changing to our Medical Director In this week’s blog […]
Local Children invited to name Inpatient Wards at The Balfour
Currently our two Inpatient Wards at The Balfour are simply named “Inpatients 1” and “Inpatients 2” but we’re ready to […]
Chief Executive Fortnightly Blog to NHS Orkney Staff – 10 March 2025
Message for All NHSO Staff Morning all Happy Monday! We have talked a lot in recent months about the importance […]
Waiting List Validation – All Patients Waiting Over 40 Weeks
From next week, Monday 17 March 2025, patients who are currently on a waiting list for an outpatient appointment and […]
Team Orkney Award shortlist 2025 – 5 March 2025
Today we announce the 42 individuals/teams who have been shortlisted for our 2025 Team Orkney Awards. Our shortlist has been chosen by […]
Postal Issues
We have been made aware that there remains some issues with Royal Mail at the moment and some patients have […]
Chief Executive Fortnightly Blog to NHS Orkney Staff – 24 February 2025
Message for All NHSO Staff Dear all First, very many congratulations to all of our nominees for this year’s Team […]
Team Orkney Awards nominees announced
We are delighted to announce the 157 individuals/teams who have been nominated in this year’s Team Orkney Awards, over 50 more nominations […]
First Minister visits NHS Orkney to celebrate and recognise the hard work of staff
Today we welcomed First Minister, John Swinney, to NHS Orkney, and shared our journey of improvement and how our staff […]