NHS Shetland
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| start_date = 1 April 2004
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| headquarters = Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland{{cite web |title=NHS Shetland Contacts |url=https://www.shb.scot.nhs.uk/contactus.asp |website=NHS Shetland |accessdate=2 January 2020}}
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| hospitals = Gilbert Bain Hospital
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| staff = 665 WTE (2023/24){{cite web |title=NHS Shetland Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 |url=https://www.nhsshetland.scot/downloads/file/1811/annual-accounts-for-the-year-ended-31st-march-2024 |website=NHS Shetland |access-date=13 February 2025}}
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NHS Shetland is an NHS board which provides healthcare services in Shetland, Scotland. The organisation is responsible for the provision of health and social care to the population of around 23,000 people that are resident in Shetland.{{cite web|url=http://www.shb.scot.nhs.uk/board/index.asp|title=NHS Shetland Board|website=www.shb.scot.nhs.uk/|accessdate=5 January 2017}} There are 10 GP practices in Shetland with a primary care emergency centre in Lerwick staffed by three salaried GPs.{{cite news|title=Rural population finds itself on receiving end of urban policy again|url=http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/rural-population-finds-itself-on-receiving-end-of-urban-policy-again/18557.article#.VJ3Nhl4gA|accessdate=26 December 2014|publisher=Health Service Journal|date=9 September 2004}}
Services
NHS Shetland operates one hospital:
- Gilbert Bain Hospital, Lerwick
History
Following a public consultation in June 2011 Montfield Hospital, Lerwick was closed in November 2011.{{Cite web|date=2011-11-10|title=Day hospital at Montfield formally closed as home care proves successful|url=https://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2011/11/10/day-hospital-at-montfield-formall-closed-as-home-care-proves-successful|access-date=2021-09-23|website=The Shetland Times|language=en-GB}} In December 2013, NHS Shetland moved its headquarters to the upper floor of Montfield.{{Cite web|date=2013-12-04|title=NHS headquarters is on the move|url=https://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2013/12/04/nhs-headquarters-is-on-the-move|access-date=2021-09-23|website=The Shetland Times|language=en-GB}}
There are difficulties in recruiting and retaining staff because of the isolation of some of the practices. As of December 2014, Whalsay has been without a permanent doctor for more than a year.{{cite news|title=NHS funds ‘should help tackle GP shortages’|url=http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2014/12/02/nhs-funds-should-help-tackle-gp-shortages|accessdate=26 December 2014|publisher=Shetland Times|date=2 December 2014}}
The director of public health is Susan Webb.{{cite news|title=NHS top earners revealed|url=http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2014/09/30/nhs-top-earners-revealed |first=Peter |last=Johnson|accessdate=26 December 2014|publisher=Shetland Times|date=30 September 2014}}
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