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Badenoch asked to give its views on St Vincent’s Hospital legacy

Badenoch asked to give its views on St Vincent’s Hospital legacy

Badenoch asked to give its views on St Vincent’s Hospital legacy

NHS Highland starts a community survey into £330k bequest


Ambulance waits to admit patients to NHS Highland hospitals soars by 16%

Ambulance waits to admit patients to NHS Highland hospitals soars by 16%

Ambulance waits to admit patients to NHS Highland hospitals soars by 16%

That has delayed crews by a total 14,544 hours last year – the equivalent of 606 days.


NHS Highland and NHS Grampian paid out a combined £34m in patient compensation

NHS Highland and NHS Grampian paid out a combined £34m in patient compensation

NHS Highland and NHS Grampian paid out a combined £34m in patient compensation

Scottish Government is slammed for leaving ‘frontline NHS staff dangerously overstretched and more prone to making mistakes’.


MSP will ask questions about 25-year-old bequest to former Badenoch hospital

MSP will ask questions about 25-year-old bequest to former Badenoch hospital

MSP will ask questions about 25-year-old bequest to former Badenoch hospital

St Vincent’s was to have received over £310,000 nearly 25 years ago


‘Huntington’s disease took my gran, mum and sister, but I won’t let it change my life!’

‘Huntington’s disease took my gran, mum and sister, but I won’t let it change my life!’

‘Huntington’s disease took my gran, mum and sister, but I won’t let it change my life!’

A Highland man whose family has been blighted by Huntington’s disease and is now fighting it as well remains fiercely positive about the future.


Senior NHS Highland board post filled

Senior NHS Highland board post filled

Senior NHS Highland board post filled

NHS Highland has named its new Director of Public Health.


‘The system is broken’: Highland care boss backs call for emergency summit

‘The system is broken’: Highland care boss backs call for emergency summit

‘The system is broken’: Highland care boss backs call for emergency summit

A call for an emergency summit on social care in the Highlands has been backed by one of the region’s biggest independent care providers.


Covid-19 vaccine plea issued to Highland residents

Covid-19 vaccine plea issued to Highland residents

Covid-19 vaccine plea issued to Highland residents

Every Highland resident offered a Covid-19 vaccine this spring is being urged to come forward, get jagged and stay protected.


‘I was diagnosed with a rare cancer at 23 that took one of my vital organs’

‘I was diagnosed with a rare cancer at 23 that took one of my vital organs’

‘I was diagnosed with a rare cancer at 23 that took one of my vital organs’

Highland News & Media editor Megan Carr has shared how a sudden thyroid cancer diagnosis changed her life forever.


Report by Highland Lib Dem MP Angus MacDonald exposes Highland care sector crisis as he calls for £60m rescue package

Report by Highland Lib Dem MP Angus MacDonald exposes Highland care sector crisis as he calls for £60m rescue package

Report by Highland Lib Dem MP Angus MacDonald exposes Highland care sector crisis as he calls for £60m rescue package

Analysis reveals an 18% drop in care homes over 10 years while the over-75 population rose by almost 72%


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