Appointments for Heart Screening Event Funded by Shetland Heart Screening Group Are Available to Book from 4pm Today

The screening event will take place at the Clickimin in Lerwick on 23 and 24 May.

The events have been organised Shetland Heart Screening, whose committee features Siobhan Pirie, Fern Johnson and Andrea Laurenson.

The group formed a few years ago when Pirie’s husband John unexpectedly passed away in 2017 at the age of just 29 after suffering a cardiac arrest.

Shetland Heart Screening relies on fundraising to be able to run the events, with the group saying that nearly £100,000 had been raised as of the end of January.

Bookings for the 2026 screenings will go live tomorrow at 4pm, with a link due to be published on the Shetland Heart Screening Facebook page.

“We still believe these screenings are very worthwhile and hope they remain to be supported as we continue to do our best to make them happen in Shetland.”

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