Hospital ward re-opens as training suite

The former Piper ward at the Balfour hospital will be formally re-opened as NHS Orkney’s learning and development suite this afternoon, Monday,  at a ceremony performed by Derek Feeley, acting director-general health and social care, and chief executive of the NHS in Scotland.

Now know as the Piper Suite, the new facility will house the staff learning and development centre, including an IT training facility.