NHS Orkney is an NHS board that provides healthcare services in the Orkney area of Scotland.^[3]

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NHS Orkney
Type	NHS board
Established	1 April 2004 (2004-04-01)
Headquarters	Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland[1]
Region served	Orkney
Hospitals	Balfour Hospital
Staff	672 (2020/21)[2]
Website	www.ohb.scot.nhs.uk

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NHS Orkney operates one hospital, Balfour Hospital, in Kirkwall. As of 2016^[update], it has 24 general practitioners (GPs) who work across 6 practices.^[4]

In 2005 NHS Orkney found it impossible to attract GPs for remote island, surgeries although offering a generous remuneration package.^[5]

In 2007, John Ross Scott, a former Liberal Democrat leader of the Scottish Borders Council became chair of the board.^[6]

In 2009 the board published their own vision for how healthcare services across the Islands could be redesigned, in order to become more sustainable.^[7]

In 2011 the board decided to use tablet computers to reduce the printing costs associated with their meetings.^[8] In February 2020, NHS Orkney owned 700 tablet/computers for staff members’ use in their jobs.^[9]

Ian Kinniburgh, the chair of NHS Shetland, took up the post of chair of NHS Orkney on 1 December 2015.^[10]

Meghan McEwen, who had been a non-executive board member since 2018, was appointed as chairwoman of NHS Orkney in February 2020.^[11]