Work began this week on a state-of-the-art £3.2m residential care facility for South Uist. The South Uist Care Development will be a first rate facility for people who require residential care. The facility has been developed in close consultation with the communities of South Uist who have long made the case for improved facilities for the social and health care of the people of the area.

The new Care Development has been designed by the Comhairle’s Technical Services Department and will feature 18 accommodation units, guest rooms, library, greenhouse and 3 garden areas. The original Daliburgh Hospital, built more than a century ago, has been preserved within the design for the new care centre which will replace Uist House which is now over 40 years old. A short ‘turf cutting’ ceremony, attended by the Chair and Vice-Chair of Social Work and local Councillors and representatives of local contactors Macinnes Brothers marked the start of work on the project.

Chairman of Social Work, Cllr Murdo Macleod, said: "This is an excellent step forward in the provision of residential accommodation in the Western Isles. When residential care is required it is only right that people throughout the Islands have access to the best of care and that is what will be provided with this project. The Comhairle is determined that the standards of residential care will meet the expectations of local communities and allow people who require care the dignity, comfort and attention that they deserve”.

Chair and Vice-Chair of Social Work, local Councillors and representatives of contractors Macinnes Brothers are present to mark the start of work on the £3.2m South Uist Care Development. Photo

Nigel Scott
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Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

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