NHS Shetland is dedicated to improving the health of the people of Shetland. These web pages provide information about NHS Shetland, healthcare services in the islands, latest vacancies and a wide range of other information for both local residents and visitors to the islands.

The web site has information about health services available throughout Shetland and is designed to help you find easily the health services available in each district of the islands. There is a search facility and Site Map to help you find the information you are looking for. The site has been designed to meet at least the 'A' standard for accessibility rules and we are working towards making the site comply with the 'AA' standard.

NHS Shetland is in the process of implementing the Freedom of Information Act and intends publishing on this web site its publicly available information. This section gives full details on how to request information from NHS Shetland.

Contact details can be found in the Shetland NHS Board section of the site.

Documents on our website are either in Microsoft Word or Acrobat Reader formats. If you do not have suitable software for these formats these programs the see our site requirements page for links to the relevant software

To read PDF documents with a screen reader please link to the Access Adobe website which provides useful tools and resources. Adobe also has a free online conversion tool for PDFs

Influenza (H1N1) information

For queries about influenza, please click on the following weblinks: NHS 24, the Health Protection Scotland website or the Scottish Government website. There is also information available from the Board's Public Health Department web pages