NHS Orkney
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox NHS organisation NHS Orkney is an NHS board that provides healthcare services in the Orkney area of Scotland.[1]
Services
NHS Orkney operates one hospital, Balfour Hospital, in Kirkwall. since 2016[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., it has 24 general practitioners (GPs) who work across 6 practices.[2]
History
In 2005 NHS Orkney found it impossible to attract GPs for remote island, surgeries although offering a generous remuneration package.[3]
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 decided to use tablet computers to reduce the printing costs associated with their meetings.[6] In February 2020, NHS Orkney owned 700 tablet/computers for staff members’ use in their jobs.[7]
Ian Kinniburgh, the chair of NHS Shetland, took up the post of chair of NHS Orkney on 1 December 2015.[8]
Meghan McEwen, who had been a non-executive board member since 2018, was appointed as chairwoman of NHS Orkney in February 2020.[9]
References
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External links
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