The Health Information & Resources Service (HIRS) drop-in service is located within the Health Centre on Springfield Road, Stornoway, and offers a wide range of health related materials, available free of charge to those living and working within the Outer Hebrides.

Topics include substance misuse, smoking cessation, physical activity, healthy eating and sexual health and are available in a range of formats e.g. teaching aids, books, leaflets, visual aid charts and health display models.

HIRS also provides free condoms and pregnancy testing kits. Simply pop into HIRS to discreetly obtain free supplies – you don’t even need to speak to a member of staff as supplies are located at the rear of the room! Alternatively contact HIRS in confidence, and request items to be posted discreetly to your address.

In addition, HIRS offers two public access computers for health-related use and hire equipment for events/conferences e.g. display boards, powerpoint screens and flipchart stands.

HIRS is open on Monday’s from 2pm-4.30pm, and Tues-Fri 9.30am-12.30pm and 2pm-4.30pm. For further information please contact Marissa MacLennan, Health Information & Resource Officer, tel. (01851) 701545 or email: marissa.maclennan@nhs.net