NHS Orkney
NHS Orkney is an NHS board that provides healthcare services in the Orkney area of Scotland.
| NHS Orkney | |
|---|---|
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| Type | NHS board |
| Established | 1 April 2004 |
| Headquarters | Foreland Road Kirkwall KW15 1NZ[1] |
| Region served | Orkney |
| Area size | 990 square kilometres (380 sq mi) |
| Population | 21,349 |
| Hospitals | Balfour Hospital |
| Staff | 565 (2018/19)[2] |
| Website | www |
Services
It operates one hospital, Balfour Hospital, in Kirkwall.
As of 2016 NHS Orkney has 24 General Practitioners (GPs) who work across 6 Practices.[3]
History
In 2007, John Ross Scott, a former Liberal Democrat leader of the Scottish Borders Council became chair of the board.[4]
In 2009 the board published their own vision for how healthcare services across the Islands could be redesigned, in order to become more sustainable.[5]
In 2011 the board took the decision to use tablet computers to reduce the printing costs associated with their meetings.[6]
Ian Kinniburgh, the chair of NHS Shetland, took up the post of chair of NHS Orkney on 1 December 2015.[7]
References
- "About us". NHS Orkney. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- "Annual Report and Accounts For Year Ended 31 March 2019" (PDF). NHS Orkney. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- "General Practices (GPs)". NHS Orkney. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- "JR Scott heralds return to politics with the SNP". Southern Reporter. 18 December 2014. 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.
- "New post for Kinniburgh". www.shetnews.co.uk. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
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