Lucy Flaws News Today

THE NUMBER of freedom of information (FOI) requests made to NHS Shetland is continuing to put strain on staff. Human resources and support services director Lorraine Hall told a meeting of the health board on Tuesday that staff could potentially spend on average a day a week...

THE NHS Shetland board has heard of “really positive” progress on the number of ‘alcohol brief interventions’ (ABI) being carried out locally. In the last quarter of the 2022/23 financial year there were 130 of these interventions, compared to just 43 in the second...

Laura Hughes says they are a big litter problem – having collected many off the streets of Scalloway

AN INCREASE in sickness absence among local health and social care workers could be an outcome of staff working under “sustained, significant pressure” over the last two years. That was one message contained in a report presented to councillors on Monday, with staff...