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NHS Orkney is an NHS board that provides healthcare services in the Orkney area of Scotland.[3]
Services [ edit ]
NHS Orkney operates one hospital, Balfour Hospital , in Kirkwall . As of 2016[update] general practitioners (GPs) who work across 6 practices.[4]
History [ edit ]
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] [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 [ edit ]
^ "Health and social care in Orkney" . Orkney.com . Retrieved 17 September 2021 .
^ "General Practices (GPs)" . NHS Orkney. Retrieved 1 December 2016 .
^ Lister, David. "Orkney hunts for doctors" . The Times ISSN 0140-0460 . Retrieved 22 September 2021 .
^ "JR Scott heralds return to politics with the SNP" . Southern Reporter . Retrieved 26 December 2014 .
^ "Our Orkney, Our Health - Transforming Clinical Services" (PDF) . NHS Orkney. 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2014 .
^ "NHS Orkney cuts out paper in favour of iPads" . BBC News . 19 September 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2014 .
^ "RE: Freedom of Information Request 201920" (PDF) . Retrieved 22 September 2021 .
^ "New post for Kinniburgh" . www.shetnews.co.uk . 29 September 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2016 .
^ "New NHSO chairwoman appointed" . The Orcadian Online . 14 February 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2021 .
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