Former Brae GP struck off for dishonesty and professional misconduct

3 July 2025

•Health

MRI scanner in a hospital room, showing a patient table in front of the machine, two monitors, and nearby medical equipment.

Local MRI scanner has saved nearly £300k on travel costs so far, estimates suggest

3 July 2025

•Health

The challenge is: ‘do we provide a service or do we not?’

Health board chair Gary Robinson responds to news that one clinician earns £375,000 a year

1 July 2025

•Health

MRI scanner suite proving busy

1 July 2025

•Health

A hospital building with scaffolding on one side, several parked cars, and a road sign pointing left that reads "Hospital.

Health board defends £375,000 salary for clinician with ‘generalist’ skills set

30 June 2025

•Health

Street view of a stone building with windows displaying signage for "Lerwick Dental Practice" located at 4 Market Street.

Health board and dental practice agree actions to ‘move forward together’

19 June 2025

•Health

A large cruise ship is anchored near the shore, with rooftops of houses and docks visible in the foreground under a partly cloudy sky.

Costa Cruises tightens procedures to prevent repeat of Lerwick incident

26 May 2025

•News

A large white cruise ship with multiple decks moves through the water accompanied by a small tugboat.

NHS and Lerwick Port Authority not made aware of sick passengers before cruise visit

Costa Cruises claimed passengers had been cleared to disembark by health authorities

21 May 2025

•News

Three women stand in a hallway holding boxes filled with handmade baby clothes. Two are in scrubs, one in a coat. Behind them is a whiteboard with baby-themed drawings and notes.

Kind-hearted quilters donate hundreds of knitted items to Gilbert Bain maternity ward

19 May 2025

•Community

Lengthy stays at hospital ‘growing’ as population gets older, NHS director says

Health board put under serious pressure over Easter weekend

8 May 2025

•Health

No desire from above to change governance of health boards, local NHS chief says

30 April 2025

•Health

Maternity department will have to move during ‘intrusive’ hospital repairs

29 April 2025

•Health

Gilbert Bain Hospital needs £10m in repairs over next two years

29 April 2025

•Health

Extra funding for NHS to address distant islands allowance shortfall

29 April 2025

•Health

A man wearing a bicycle helmet and a SAMH t-shirt poses with his bike on a street near a stone building and a road sign.

Former NHS chief to take on 1,200 mile cycling challenge for charity

23 April 2025

•Health

Pressure on hospital continues as more operations are cancelled

14 April 2025

•Health

RTS debate, Belmont fund, sexual health clinic and more …

8 April 2025

•Also in the news

NHS staff ‘putting patients first’ as at-capacity hospital remains under pressure

Around ten elective procedures have been cancelled at the Gilbert Bain, which is operating at capacity

2 April 2025

•Health

NHS takes ‘difficult decision’ to cancel operations with hospital at full capacity

1 April 2025

•News

Restrictions on hospital visits to remain in place

31 March 2025

•News

A woman with shoulder-length blonde hair wearing a blue North Ridge jacket stands in front of a tree with vibrant red leaves.

‘Just go’ – mother urges everyone to take up breast screening invite after shock cancer diagnosis

Former nurse Suzzette Mockford almost postponed her appointment because of a holiday

26 March 2025

•Community

Mobile breast screening service to return

25 March 2025

•Health

Essential visits only at hospital due to high level of respiratory illness

24 March 2025

•Health

NHS staff ‘are under pressure’, health director says

20 March 2025

•Council

Hopes that new musculoskeletal care app will reduce waiting times

18 March 2025

•Health

Consultant among first to receive new credential in rural and remote health

5 March 2025

•Health

Operations could be cancelled as NHS warns of continued ‘pressures’ at hospital

4 March 2025

•Health

Nursing director defends hospital room described as ‘bleak’ by inspectors

27 February 2025

•Health

Dental dispute continues as health board appoints new dentist

27 February 2025

•Health

Hospital situation ‘slightly improved’ but bed occupancy ‘remains high’, NHS says

26 February 2025

•News

Meeting offered to resolve dental spat that led to thousands losing their NHS registration

25 February 2025

•Health

‘Bleak’ room for mental health patients criticised in NHS inspection

24 February 2025

•News

Split image of two adults outdoors; on the left is a woman with white hair and glasses, on the right is a man with short gray hair and a trimmed beard.

Proposal to merge NHS boards to achieve very little, according to local health board chair

Lib Dems and SNP also voice opposition to Labour idea

24 February 2025

•Health

Hospital still at full capacity as staff from within NHS pitch in to help

18 February 2025

•Health

Sign for St. Olaf Street Dental Clinic advises using the main entrance on Harbour Street. Ornate black metal fence and building in the background.

NHS still keen to sell off former St Olaf St dental clinic

14 February 2025

•Health

Person's hand using a computer mouse next to a keyboard and an open laptop on a desk.

NHS looking at ways to make response to large number of FOI requests more efficient

12 February 2025

•Health

Praise for staff as hospital remains ‘extremely busy’

11 February 2025

•Health

Planned operations cancelled due to hospital staff sickness levels

10 February 2025

•Health

Dental examination in progress with a patient reclining as a dentist performs a check-up.

Health board provides more clarity in dental row

4 February 2025

•Health

Row over dental care for NHS patients continues as NHS vows to work with Lerwick Dental Practice

1 February 2025

•Health

Investigative work to get underway on Gilbert Bain Hospital

18 January 2025

•Health

Walk-in vaccination clinics scheduled amid expected rise in flu numbers

13 January 2025

•Health

Charity praised after £15k donation for specialist mattresses

6 January 2025

•Community

A man wearing a plaid shirt stands in a room with light-colored walls. A guitar leans against the wall in the background.

Pharmacy director awarded prestigious royal society fellowship

16 December 2024

•Health

Health and social care services face ‘tricky’ winter, meeting hears

10 December 2024

•Health

Health board in ‘close contact’ with NHS Grampian over pressure on Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

29 November 2024

•Health

Hospital ‘not unsafe structurally’ but ‘immediate’ improvements needed, NHS says

27 November 2024

•Health

Demand for ADHD assessments doubles in two years

27 November 2024

•Health

Former Brae GP struck off for dishonesty and professional misconduct

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