Borders Hospital Radio Service has been broadcasting from the Borders General Hospital near Melrose since October 1988. Our purpose is to provide a radio service to patients, visitors and staff within the hospital and help contribute to a more positive atmosphere.

There has been a lot of research carried out which suggests music can ease stress, lift your mood – and even aid in the recovery of patients. Whilst we don’t claim to rival modern medicine, we do aim to make the duration of a patient’s stay in hospital as enjoyable as it can be by lifting spirits through music.

Borders Hospital Radio Service is delighted to support the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service. Listen out for their "infomercials" which we have scheduled at regular intervals in our regular broadcasts.

Music In Mind

Music plays a central role in all aspects of our well-being. In these podcasts members of the NHS Borders music therapy team speak to colleagues across the organisation about how music has shaped their lives.

'Music In Mind' Library
Make a Request

Make a Request

We have a wide range of music playing all day.  We now have a “Make a Request” function to allow you have some personal input to our choice of music. Complete the online form below to ask us to mark

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Contact Us

Contact Us

Let us know what your musical tastes are. What would you like to hear? Who are your favourite artists? What do you think of our service? What are we doing well? What are we not doing so well? It is

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Listen Again

Listen Again

Programme Archives

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