Norovirus symptoms in adults can come on suddenly as it has an incubation period of 12 to 48 hours. Symptoms include vomiting ...

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 ...

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 said supply at Western Isles Hospital in Stornoway had to be switched off as a result of a "water escape" in a part of the site. The health board said Thursday's theatre list was ...

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 ...

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 ...