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Western Isles Hospital maternity safe delivery of care inspection: October 2025

Western Isles Hospital – Unannounced maternity inspection report October 2025

Anti-racism – Genuine listening leading to meaningful co-production webinar

Mental Health Foundation involve people from ethnic communities in producing anti-racism learning materials. They will tell us about their work strengthening the voice of asylum seekers and refugees in decision making.

Equality and Human Rights Impact Assessment (EQIA) for Reducing Stress and Distress dementia improvement programme: January 2026

Equality and Human Rights Impact Assessment (EQIA) for Reducing Stress and Distress dementia improvement programme: January 2026

Equality and Human Rights Impact Assessment (EQIA) for Post-diagnostic support and care co-ordination dementia improvement programme: January 2026

Equality and Human Rights Impact Assessment (EQIA) for Post-diagnostic support and care o-ordination dementia improvement programme: January 2026

Optical Express (Glasgow) – independent healthcare inspection report: January 2026

Independent Healthcare Inspection report for Optical Express (Glasgow). Published 21 January 2026.

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Scotland’s Essentials of Safe Care refreshed following national review

Healthcare Improvement Scotland has completed a review of the Scottish Patient Safety Programme’s (SPSP) Essentials of Safe Care

Media release: SMC decisions January 2026

The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC), has today (Monday, January 19) published advice on five medicines.

Domestic homicide and suicide review standards

Domestic homicide and suicide review standards. Published October 2025.

Staffing level tool development – Maternity Services Staffing Level Tool: January 2026

Summary We recommend to Scottish Ministers the new Maternity Services Staffing Level Tool. The recommendations paper to Scottish Ministers was […]

Media release: Inspection Report Western Isles Hospital, NHS Western Isles

Healthcare Improvement Scotland today (Thursday 15 January) published a report relating to an unannounced follow-up inspection visit to Western Isles Hospital, NHS Western Isles.