For Argyll

Following For Argyll’s earlier report that the EC was investigating NHS Scotland’s contract with BT for hospital network services, there has been a major development in the case. Michael Healy, Director of National Procurement for NHS division, National Services Scotland (NSS)…

NHS Highland, the health authority responsible for Argyll and Bute, has reported that, between April and June 2008, over 95% of patients referred as urgent by their GP were treated within the target of 62 days. 85% of breast cancer patients were…

Residents of Islay ad Jura are being asked to say how they think health services to their islands should be provided. Local doctors, nurses, ambulance staff and surgery staff are all contributing their ideas. Argyll & Bute Community Health Partnership…

This is one of those worthy initiatives that the schoolchild in all of us makes it hard to talk about with a straight face. When a Press Release arrived from Scottish Water announcing World Toilet Day and its own Bag…

Scottish Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon announced today that she is setting up a team of inspectors to ensure that hospitals maintain and win the fight against infections acquires in hospital - such as the potentially lethal MRSA and Clostridium Difficile.

These…

Tiree been given its first ever new ambulance by the Scottish Ambulance Service and it’s designed particularly for use in remote places. So its a four-wheel drive able to get into difficult locations. This means it has to be on…

A change in the working conditions of the crew of the ferry to Argyll’s Isle of Luing means that, since this weekend, the service is not available round the clock. This, in turn, means that emergency medical cover for the…

NHS Highland has confirmed that it is having to make efficiency savings of around £36 million over three years. Its Chair, Gary Coutts says that the amount is a ‘very, very small bit’ of NHS Highland’s budget and that this…

Twenty three Scottish Councils were today said to be struggling to make their budgets meet the Scottish Government’s requirement for them to provide free school meals. Some councils have declared themselves quite unable to do so.

Since Argyll and Bute did…

NHS HIghland is upgrading and remodelling in-patient areas at Oban’s Lorn and the Islands Hospital. It has been announced that Oban Hospice Ltd and the Friends of Oban Ospice are jointly to help fund a hospice area within the redesigned…