Plans progress for replacement island hospital

The outline business case for the replacement of a care home and a small hospital on the Isle of Barra has been approved.

Scottish government consent means NHS Western Isles can push ahead in further developing its plans for St Brendan’s Hospital and Care Home. The hospital has five beds and shares the same building in Castlebay as the local authority-run care home.

A local GP practice provides care at the site. NHS Western Isles also announced it has invested £500,000 in a new CT scanner for Western Isles Hospital in Stornoway.

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