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style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">We start 2025 with some positive news for Orkney’s community following confirmation from Scottish Government that NHS Orkney has secured over half a million pounds of funding that will enable Orkney to have a mobile MRI scanner on-site at The Balfour for 12 months.</div></div>
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style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">The scanner will resemble the familiar mobile unit previously seen in Orkney on a rotational basis and will continue to be stationed at the rear of The Balfour. This funding for 2025/26 ensures the <span
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style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">This scanner will be staffed by NHS Orkney and appointments for the scanner will be issued by post to relevant patients. We hope to have the scanner up and running by the middle of 2025. In the meantime, the previously scheduled visit of the mobile MRI scanner is still set to take place in early 2025.</div></div>
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