Western Isles Hospital

The Western Isles Hospital (Scottish Gaelic: Ospadal nan Eilean Siar) is a rural general hospital in Stornoway on Lewis in the Western Isles of Scotland. It is managed by NHS Western Isles.

Western Isles Hospital
NHS Western Isles
New building at the Western Isles Hospital
Shown in the Outer Hebrides
Geography
Location	Stornoway, Eileanan Siar, Scotland
Coordinates	58°13′16″N 6°23′0″W
Organisation
Care system	NHS
Type	General (Rural)
Services
Beds	116
Links
Website	www.wihb.scot.nhs.uk/western-isles-hospital-stornoway
Other links	List of hospitals in Scotland

History

The hospital was built at a cost of £32 million and was officially opened by Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay in March 1993.^[1] A six-bedded stroke rehabilitation unit opened in 2007.^[2] In late 2014 the health board announced a Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scanner service would be based at the hospital.^[3]

Services

The hospital has 116 beds across a range of specialities, including general medicine, geriatrics, paediatrics, general surgery, orthopaedics, obstetrics and gynaecology and psychiatry.^[4] Within the hospital there is a learning centre and purpose-built facilities for clinical skills training.^[5]