A pensioner who lives in the Outer Hebrides is forced to make a gruelling 125 mile journey by taxi, plane and ferry to receive life-saving treatment. Mary Jefferson, 73, needs kidney dialysis to keep ...

The 73-year-old who has lived in Lochboisdale for 20 years, went into renal failure in January 2024 after she spent nine ...

Babies and young children can develop dehydration from norovirus which can become very serious and require urgent medical treatment. Symptoms of dehydration parents or carers should watch out for ...

There is another small hospital in Benbecula, a trip by road and ferry north of Barra. It provides care of older people, GP acute care services and midwifery-led maternity services. The two hospitals ...

People in Barra, including cancer patients and some expectant mothers, face trips of five hours or more to reach Stornoway, Lewis, where the islands' largest hospital is located. Local councillor ...

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Stornoway on Monday morning and the weather is maybe Alaskan but definitely not Californian. Donnie Macdonald, universally known as “Large”, who has spent decades coming and going between the two west ...

A new Helicopter Landing Site has been set up to serve the Western Isles Hospital in Stornoway after flights to and from a helipad nearby were suspended. The new site comes after the original ...

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NHS Western Isles said its new temporary site serving Stornoway's Western Isles Hospital was the first of its kind to be put in place following last year's review. Chief executive Gordon Jamieson ...

NHS Western Isles has set up an alternative landing site for coastguard helicopters after flights to and from a helipad near its largest hospital were suspended. In September, the UK's coastguard ...