NHS Orkney

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NHS Orkney
Type NHS board
Established1 April 2004 (2004-04-01)
Headquarters Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland [1]
Region served Orkney
Hospitals Balfour Hospital
Staff603 WTE (2023/24) [2]
Website www.ohb.scot.nhs.uk OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

NHS Orkney is an NHS board that provides healthcare services in the Orkney area of Scotland. [3]

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Services

NHS Orkney operates one hospital, Balfour Hospital, in Kirkwall. As of 2016, it has 24 general practitioners (GPs) who work across 6 practices. [4]

History

In 2005 NHS Orkney found it impossible to attract GPs for remote island, surgeries although offering a generous remuneration package. [5]

In 2007, John Ross Scott, a former Liberal Democrat leader of the Scottish Borders Council became chair of the board. [6]

In 2009 the board published their own vision for how healthcare services across the Islands could be redesigned, in order to become more sustainable. [7]

In 2011 the board decided to use tablet computers to reduce the printing costs associated with their meetings. [8] In February 2020, NHS Orkney owned 700 tablet/computers for staff members’ use in their jobs. [9]

Ian Kinniburgh, the chair of NHS Shetland, took up the post of chair of NHS Orkney on 1 December 2015. [10]

Meghan McEwen, who had been a non-executive board member since 2018, was appointed as chairwoman of NHS Orkney in February 2020. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "About us". NHS Orkney. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS For Year Ended 31 March 2024" (PDF). NHS Orkney. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Health and social care in Orkney". Orkney.com. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "General Practices (GPs)". NHS Orkney. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  5. ↑ Lister, David. "Orkney hunts for doctors". The Times . ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "JR Scott heralds return to politics with the SNP". Southern Reporter . 18 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Our Orkney, Our Health - Transforming Clinical Services" (PDF). NHS Orkney. 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "NHS Orkney cuts out paper in favour of iPads". BBC News. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "RE: Freedom of Information Request 201920" (PDF). Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "New post for Kinniburgh". www.shetnews.co.uk. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  11. ↑ "New NHSO chairwoman appointed". The Orcadian Online. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
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